Polaroid Image Transfer is a technique by which any colour Polaroid peel-apart film can be used to create an original print on a range of non-photographic surfaces.
After the film has been exposed in the normal way it is pulled from the camera or back to start the development. However without waiting the usual 60 seconds, the film is almost immediately peeled apart, the print discarded, and the negative placed face down on a suitable receptor sheet. The back of the negative is then lightly rubbed to help transfer the image and after one or two minutes gently peeled from the receptor, hopefully leaving the image behind. Due to the nature of the process each print is an original and it is unlikely that you could ever get exactly the same result twice. The timing of peeling of both the original film and the transferred print, along with the receptor surface texture, temperature, and humidity, are all variables affecting the final result. Listed below is a step by step guide to the basics of the image transfer technique.

Film types
Any Polaroid colour peel-apart films can be used. These include:
Type 669 for cameras, medium format backs and the Vivitar instant slide printer
Type 59 for the 5x4" 545 sheet back.
Type 559 for the 5x4" 550 pack back.
Type 809 10x8" sheet film.
Black and white peel-apart films cannot be used.

Creating the image live
The film is exposed directly in a Polaroid camera or back creating an original Polacolor image specifically for transfer. The transfer in all cases except when using film Type 59 must take place immediately, therefore it is difficult to work on location. With Type 59 this problem can be avoided as the film can be removed from the back after exposure and taken back to the studio for development and transfer.

Working from existing images
Existing slides can be copied onto Polaroid film using one of the various Polaroid or Vivitar instant slide printers or projected directly onto the film using a conventional enlarger. Working with a slide printer or enlarger gives greater freedom in image control allowing multiple copies of the same image and easier experimentation with transferring techniques and materials. Using an enlarger allows greater freedom for cropping, composition and burning and dodging. To print from an enlarger a Polaroid back is laid on the baseboard with a sheet of white paper in place of the film. The image is composed and focused and then the location of the back marked before it is removed, loaded, replaced and taped in place. Test strips for exposure and colour are easily produced by closing the dark slide by incrementally.

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Even though this is not a much used technique by deviants, some really good examples can be found in some deviantART galleries:
























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If you know more good pictures using this technique here in dA that haven't been featured in this article feel free to inform me by note.