POLAROID: The Instant Image presents instant photography as a material, analog practice—where each work exists not only as an image, but as an object shaped by chemistry, scale, handling, and time. These photographs carry visible traces of their making: irregular surfaces, tonal shifts, and the marks of immediacy.

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The exhibition features a range of instant processes, including Polaroid, Fuji Instax, peel-apart films, large-format 4×5 instant materials, emulsion lifts, and image transfers. Some works appear as original instant prints; others are reproduced from high-resolution scans and printed at true instant-film scale. Together, they emphasize material presence, unpredictability, and touch. Curated by the Praxis Directors.