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Redemption is in the eye of the Polaroid

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Spurred on by Polaroid's final demise Redemption founder and creative director, Nigel Wingrove, has been plowing through our archives in search of some interesting polaroids from Redemption's visual history and we are displaying a brief selection from our 'Golden Age' below.

As the final cartridges of polaroid come to an end next month with the last batches of Polaroidreach their use-by-date the Atlas Gallery in Dover Street, London W1 is planning an exhibition offamous celeb polaroids featuring the work of artists like Andy Warhol and Helmut Newton. Whilst Redemption's may not have shot Kate Moss or Peaches Geldof we did photograph hundreds ofbeautiful women on polaroid doing weird and wonderful things. This is our tribute to the 3 inch square.

This was taken for a series of Naziploitation ideas I was working on. The blond 'victim' was a top glamour model. Taken about 1996/7.

I can't remember this models name but the picture was for our UK release of 'In the Folds of the Flesh' and was taken around 1996/7.

This is a 1996 or 1997 shot of Australian model Rochel modeling for the Dutch cover of our uncut video release of 'What Have You Done to Solange?'.

The mad, bad and tragically sad Kris of The Nuns who would be murdered in New York in 2007. This was taken in 2001.

The lovely Eileen Daly being a sexy zombie for an early Darkside cover. 1993 or 1994 I guess.

Dani Filth, the beautiful model Rochel and Cradle of Filth for their album 'Dusk and Her Embrace'. Definitely 1996.

I loved doing this shoot. It was for a fashion spread called 'Gun Gun Girls' that was going to be in Redeemer 4. Never published. 1998 I think.

This fairy shot was for The Redeemer issue 4 which was never published. I guess 1995 or 1996.

This is one of our earliest polaroids. Taken for the very first issue of The Redeemer in 1992 for a fashion feature called 'Go Loco with Coco' it shows model Marie Harper in Chanel shooting Suzy.

I can't actually remember what this was taken for, though I know that the girl was meant to be inside a box. Probably 1998. Not published.

This is a really early 'Redemption' cover pic. Taken in 1992 for the pending release of Salon Kitty, one of my favourite films.

Another behind the scenes photo of Nancy Sorrell being made up for the cover of Bizarre magazine. About 1998.

Not actually a polaroid but a nice behind the scenes shot of cheeky make-up artist Liberty and model Nancy Sorrell, now married to Vic Reeves.

Another shot from the 'Gun Gun Girls' feature for Redeemer 4.

The fabulous model Rochel again modeling for our new Purgatory label. 1996.

This was for a French film that was planned to be released on our Jezebel label though unfortunately it was never used. 1996 or '97.

I actually have no idea what this was for and may have just been a gratuitous way of having a topless blond in the studio. 1999.

Taken during my 'Metal Vamps; shoot sometime in 1998.

This was for the book 'Daughters of Darkness' though it was never published. Also the shoot was filmed by BBC 2 for a documentary on pulp paperbacks. The blond model had the best looking breasts ever!

Nancy Sorrell in an SM pose. The pics have never been published. 1998 or '99.

This is the band Kitty and was for a Metal Hammer cover and feature. I'll never forget this day - September 11th 2001. The news came through during the shoot and the girls, who were very young, American and due to fly the next day, were really nervous and anxious. A terrible day.

One pair of legs definitely belongs to the model Rochel. Taken for a Purgatory cover in 1996.

Model, whose name I've long forgotten, for the Dusk and Her Embrace cover for Cradle of Filth.

Sleeping Beauty. Model Rochel. Taken, I think during the Cradle of Filth shoot. 1996.

The finished result for the 'Dusk and Her Embrace' cover. 1996.

Another shot from the Cradle of Filth shoot for 'Dusk and Her Embrace' 1996.

Model Teresa May again in a shot for The Redeemer. 1993.

A really early shot of Eileen Daly modeling the Redemption logo. Taken in 1992 she had to look slowly from side to side keeping her head very still to create the milky white-eyed look. Fabulous.

A very early shot of the lovely Eileen Daly for a Darkside cover on Jess Franco. 1993.

Another shot for the poster set 'Metal Vamps' 1998.

This is actually glamour model Teresa May modeling for the unreleased cover of 'Blood and Black Lace'. 1993 or 1994.

Polaroid: Exp 09.10.09’, October 9 to November 28, at the Atlas Gallery, 49 Dorset Street, London W1
(020-7224 4192; atlasgallery.com )

Readers Comments

shuizmz
Posts: 1

Heard about no more Polaroid
Reply #3 on : Wed September 30, 2009, 13:27:38

So sad! I really enjoyed taking instant pictures!

ZombieTuesday
Posts: 2

Polaroid gone?
Reply #2 on : Wed September 30, 2009, 12:04:40

Thankgod for digital cameras!
A million home porn fans would be left out to dry otherwise!