This series uses one of the earliest photographic processes—the cyanotype—to pause the cycle of plastic use for a moment. If we’ve had the experience of prying apart the packaging shells of toys and electronics, or seen a dirty, feather-light grocery bag tangled in a tree—and who hasn’t?—we have a sense of just how resilient these materials are. They serve their purpose, we handle them for a moment; afterward, eventually, they’re out there in the world somewhere. In some form, they continue to exist. The act of photographing things lets them linger in human perception a moment longer, but the existence of things in the world extends far beyond what we can observe, control, or even grasp.
This image: Where Facilities Exist (2982), Cyanotype, 9” x 12”
Cyanotype, 9” x 11.5”
Cyanotype, 8.5” x 11.5”
Cyanotype, 8.75” x 11.75”, 2023
Cyanotype, 9” x 12”
Cyanotype, 6.75” x 8.75”
Cyanotype, 9” x 12”
Cyanotype, 9” x 12”
Cyanotype, 6.75” x 9”
Cyanotype, 12” x 16”
Cyanotype, 9” x 11.75”
Cyanotype, 6.5” x 8.75”
Cyanotype, 12” x 16”
