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Photo by: ©Gabriella Marks Photography
Harold Joe Waldrum's

​P O L A R O I D S

In the 1980’s, Waldrum was a highly successful Northern New Mexico Artist. During part of this decade, he split his time between New York City and Taos. On the last day of one of his Taos
visits, he wanted to somehow capture images of a church for a painting. He rushed into Taos and found a Polaroid SX70 camera. This camera served the purpose of capturing his last-minute images and initiated for Waldrum a life-long fascination with the Polaroid SX70 technology that resulted in thousands of images.
Waldrum showed a dedication to the artistic potential of the format. One of his most famous SX70 images, The Iglesia de Arroyo Hondo (1982), shows Our lady of Sorrows Mission Chapel in early evening light. It is a composition of simple planar shapes and forms and shows a clear link to his work in abstractionism. The small SX70 format, five inches by five inches, combined with Waldrum’s talent for compositions and color create images with a certain intimacy and a jewel-like quality.
In January 2010, The Albuquerque Museum opened "A Passionate Life,” an exhibition of selected images from nearly 8,000 SX-70 Polaroid photographs taken by Harold Joe Waldrum who called these works his "little jewels." The collection was donated to the Museum by the Waldrum Estate and Rio Bravo Fine Art Gallery in Truth or Consequences. The images below are a sampling selection from the remaining collection.
POLAROIDS-Flowers
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HJW Polaroids_African_Daisy
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HJW.Polaroids_Rose-Orange
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HJW Polaroids_Flower
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HJW Polaroids_Sunflower
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HJW Polaroids_Flower2
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HJW Polaroids_Rose
POLAROIDS-Shadow
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HJW Polaroids Shadow San_Antonio_de_Chacon 001
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HJW Polaroids Shadow_Ranchos_de_Taos 002
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HJW Polaroids Shadow Ranchos_de_Taos 001
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HJW Polaroids Shadow_Ranchos_de_Taos 004
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HJW Polaroids Shadow_Ranchos_de_Taos_003
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HJW Polaroids Shadow_Ranchos_de_Taos 005
POLAROIDS-Churches
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HJW Polaroids_Arroyo_Hondo 001
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HJW Polaroids_Morada_de_Chacon 001
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HJW Polaroids_iglesia_de_Don_ Fernando 001
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HJW Polaroids_Placitas 001
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HJW Polaroids_San_Antonio_de_Chacon 001
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HJW Polaroids_Arroyo_Hondo 002
The above selections are a sampling from the collection.
TO VIEW ADDITIONAL IMAGES PLEASE CONTACT
​Eduardo Alicea, Gallery Owner - Director
Phone: 1.575.894.0572  Email: ​
[email protected] ​
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Eduardo Alicea, Owner - Director      H. Joe Waldrum, Founder in 1998
​Wednesday to Sunday 12-5pm and by appointment 
110 Broadway Street, Truth or Consequences, NM 87901
Phone: 1.575.894.0572    ​[email protected]
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    • Exhibition Preview
    • Paintings Linocuts And Etchings
    • Polaroids
    • About Joe
  • RECENT PAST EXHIBITIONS
    • Nolan Winkler & David D. Sorensen
    • Gregory Montreuil & Roy van der Aa
    • Leo Neufeld Exhibition
    • Suzanne Pointon Exhibition
    • Puerto Rican Artists
    • Olin West Installation
    • The Polaroids
    • Dina D'Argo Exhibition
    • Dave Barnett Retrospective >
      • Dave Barnett Resume'
    • MIGUEL PINO EXHIBITION 2024
    • Winkler/Dorn Joint Exhibition
    • Rebecca Speakes Show 2023
    • Noël Hudson
    • Delmas Howe Mood Drawings
    • William Bertrum Sharp
    • Jia Apple
    • Waldrum & Howe on Display
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    • Gregory Montreuil
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