Palm Trees on Wilcox (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 78x76cm, Edition of 33/100. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Signature label and Certificate. Artist inventory number: 398. Not mounted. Stefanie Schneider: A German view of the American West The works of Stefanie Schneider evoke Ed Ruscha's obsession with the American experience, the richness of Georgia O'Keefe's deserts and the loneliness of Edward Hopper's haunting paintings. So how exactly did this German photographer become one of the most important artists of the American narrative of the 20th and 21st century? What is initially striking about Schneider's images is perhaps simply the color of her expired Polaroids and also her role in preserving the use of Polaroid film, as her work came about during a time when the Polaroid, a symbol of American photography, was on the road to extinction. Schneider's subjects are often featured in apocalyptic settings: desert planes, trailer parks, oilfields, run-down motels and empty beaches, alone, or if not, not connected with one another. - Barnebys UK, 2017