Anna Tomczak is a gifted photographer with an eye for creative staging. She works with found objects (botanicals, memorabilia, and artifacts) to create assemblages. Tomczak's working process co-mingles stage design, lighting, collecting objects, and artistic vision. Each tableaux is created in the studio and photographed with the oversized Polaroid view camera. The 20 x 24 Polaroid negative is transferred onto a dampened piece of smooth heavyweight watercolor paper. Every print is unique, as each negative is transferred immediately after being photographed, and can never be duplicated. There are only five large-format 20 x 24 Polaroid view cameras in existence. Tomczak is one of only a handful of artists (William Wegman is another) who is allowed access to the rare cameras, as well as materials, through Polaroid's artistic support program.
