In brief, image transfer is the process of peeling apart a self developing film packet and transferring the positive onto a non-photographic surface. The artist can work "live" by shooting his subject with a Polaroid camera and then transfer the image on the spot or by shooting with 35mm, or similar standard photographic slides and copying the slide to Polaroid for transferring images at a more convenient time, thus allowing further variations in exposure and filtering, as well as choosing different receptor materials with infinite combinations producing completely unique "one of a kind" prints.