"Still Alive" series of chlorophyll prints
A series of Chlorophyll Prints first exhibited when freshly printed in Spring 2010. Soon to be exhibited again as they slowly begin to fade, making way for this season's images.
Six leaves printed with original photographs of the artist’s hand using the most natural photographic method: photosynthesis. By placing acetate images over the leaf for several days in the sun the leaf itself becomes the canvas; changing chemically to show the image with startling detail. The leaf is still alive as the photo develops, only drying once the process is over. And now the very light which created the image will slowly destroy it...
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Six leaves printed with original photographs of the artist’s hand using the most natural photographic method: photosynthesis. By placing acetate images over the leaf for several days in the sun the leaf itself becomes the canvas; changing chemically to show the image with startling detail. The leaf is still alive as the photo develops, only drying once the process is over. And now the very light which created the image will slowly destroy it...
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