The Polaroid project: Tobias Titz with Arts Project Australia artists
Tobias Titz and Chris O'Brien Untitled, 2026
The Polaroid project: Tobias Titz with Arts Project Australia artists
This exhibition showcases the creative collaboration between photographer Tobias Titz and Arts Project Australia (APA) artists.
Visiting the APA studio regularly since 2024, Tobias uses a large-format camera and Polaroid Type 665 film to create striking silver-tone portraits of APA artists. In conjunction with these portraits, participating artists then create their own etched responses by scratching directly into the wet emulsion of the Polaroid film negative.
The images from the etched films are matched with the original portraits, creating a layered exchange between photographer, sitter and maker.
About Tobias Titz: Tobias Titz (1973– ) is a photographer and educator based in Naarm/Melbourne. His work has been exhibited throughout Australia as well as internationally. He has received several awards for his work, and he is represented in public and private collections, both in Australia and overseas. Since 1998 Tobias has developed the collaborative Polaroid project, inviting participants to etch a personal message into the wet emulsion of a large-format Polaroid negative. Alongside his artistic practice, Tobias lectures in photography at Monash University.
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