The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center exhibits “The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation,” surveying four decades of Polaroid’s influence in fine art photography, April 12-June 30.

Chuck Close (American, b. 1940) 5C (Self-Portrait), 1979 Five large-format Polaroid Polacolor prints 60 1/2 x 56 5/8 in. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie; © Chuck Close
William Wegman Splitting Image, 2005 Large-format Polaroid print 24 x 20 in. Courtesy of Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles; © William Wegman
André Kertész October 24, 1979, 1979 Polaroid SX-70 print 3 1/8 x 3 1/16 in. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie; © Estate of André Kertész/Higher Pictures
Robert Heinecken Foodgram #4, 1983 Large-format Polaroid Polacolor print 20 5/8 x 26 5/8 in. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie; © The Robert Heinecken Trust