Polaroid: How do you decide which Polaroid film type you will use for your commercial and personal projects?

David Levinthal: Generally, I will work with the SX-70 or the 600 film when I'm looking for a certain intimacy in the work. In other words, I want the viewer to really have to be close to the work and look at it in great detail. I use 20x24 film when I'm looking for the use of more saturated color and the impact of a greater size image.

Polaroid: Does Polaroid film help you capture or convey images of miniature subjects in a way that conventional film cannot?

David Levinthal: More than anything else it is mainly the interactive quality that is most appealing to me. There is certainly a tremendous depth to Polaroid film colors that is very unique and is something that I find quite desirable.

Polaroid: Clearly, you work with Polaroid film for the pleasing end result. How do you feel about the process of working with the film? Is it always predictable or do you enjoy its nuances?

David Levinthal: Mostly, I like the immediacy of the process. Because my figures are often quite small, a very subtle change of the figure or of the focus can create a completely different image. I don't really find changes in the film. It has always been very consistent for me, perhaps because I am always working in a studio environment.

Polaroid: Do you use Polaroid films exclusively?

David Levinthal: No, not exclusively, but probably 90 percent of the time.