BIO
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Hello, my name is Mila. I'm a polaroid artist and shoot with vintage Polaroid cameras.
My photography journey started when I was a child and was working on b&w prints with my father in our home darkroom. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. Later as a teen, I was shooting a 35 mm point-and-shoot camera but lost it at some point. My interest in film photography never really went away, so I picked up the camera again in 2007, first taking pictures on a 35 mm camera, then exploring other alternative photography and moving to medium format.
Sometime in 2011 I discovered peel-apart polaroid and fell in love. Since then it's been my main medium. I feel like it creates another dimension. I love the unpredictable result, the color shifts, and how it works in different light and temperatures. I love that polaroid offers so many possibilities to create.
Through my visual language I want to show or give a feeling of connection and belonging to this incredible planet.
Exhibitions
Hidden (solo exhibition)
Helsinki, Finland
JANUARY 3 - 31, 2020
POLAroid NOW!
Genoa, Italy
SEPTEMBER 5 - 12, 2020
2nd Annual The Art of Instant Photography
Orlando, FL, USA
JANUARY 1 - 23, 2021
ISO 600
Bologna, Italy
OCTOBER 9 - 23, 2020
Online Exhibitions
2nd Annual The Art of Instant Photography
JANUARY 2021
Fleeting Moments: Temporality and the Still Life - Analog Forever Magazine Online Group Exhibition
JULY 2021
Publications
MARCH 2021
2021
The Art of Instant Photography
JANUARY 2021
JUNE 2021
POLAZINE book
2021 (coming soon)
Envision Arts Magazine Volume 7
DECEMBER 2021
Online Publications
Instant Film Photography
a gallery curated by Flickr
OCTOBER 2020
The photographic story of Mila Maes
Instant Photographers
DECEMBER 2020
Polaroid Week - Spring 2021: Our Top 20 Favorites!
by Analog Forever Magazine
APRIL 2021
JANUARY 2021
by Film Shooters Collective
JUNE 2021
IN BETWEEN Polaroid Fine Art Series
Film Photography Features by Shoot It With Film
JULY 2021
WETLANDS
Spectaculum Magazine
NOVEMBER 2021
For commissions, projects, collaborations or other, please, contact me.