Heather Oelklaus

I use many aspects of photography to create my art. I enjoy traditional black and white, Polaroid SX-70 manipulation, infrared, linear strip photography, long exposure night photography, and lightning photography. Recently, I have been specializing in Polaroid transfers in extremely limited editions. My images are best described, in general, as "conceptual" and often "humorous".

I have created images that challenge symbolic stereotypes and images that have a whole meaning in itself while providing greater insight when pondered further. The goal of my art is to embrace and articulate the roles that media place on our society and contradict that fantasy with a dash of reality. Many of the pieces were influenced from ads that appeared in 1950¹s popular magazines.

These pieces were made using the Polaroid emulsion lift process.The images were exposed onto Polaroid film and then the film was submerged in hot water causing the top layer to "lift" from the hard backing. Once the delicate layer is free, I applied the tissue-like layer to paper or an object. The artwork is finished with all archival grade UV protecting products. Each of these pieces is a one-of-a-kind original.

For further information please email me at camerakarma@earthlink.net, call 719-578-9226 or view more of my work at www.camerakarma.com