“Painterly Photography: Awakening the Artist Within,” Hardcover Book, by Elizabeth Murrey.

This is a beautiful rare out-of-print book that deals solely with Time Zero/ SX70 Manipulated Polaroid prints. The book has three pages where the author Elizabeth Murrey describes why and how she manipulates SX-70 Polaroid Prints. She encourages the reader how to awaken the artist, creative spirit. Most important there are 61 beautiful manipulated images. The book has five categories: Seascapes, Gardens, Architecture & Exteriors, Still Life & Interiors, and People. At the end of the book there is a wonderful section titled, “The Stories Behind The Images.”

Each image is covered in this section from the title, where the image was taken and her special technique she used to manipulate the print. These seven pages are filled with really Great information on SX-70 manipulation. The last section of the book contains seven pages on, “What You Need To Know: Tool and Resources, Information and Instructions. In the 17 pages of written material it is packed with information, the SX-70 Manipulation Artist would love and needs to know.

Her SX-70 manipulated images are spectator. This is a wonderful book!

The book is published by Pomegranate C 1993. ISBN: 1-56640-601-3

The book is very rare, out-of-print and difficult to find.

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