Friday, February 1, 2013

Lauren Snyder



Lauren Snyder is a professor at MICA's photography department and teaches Alternative Processes and Book Making. Her website contains a big body of work made of cyanotypes, but I particularly like her Wall Books: Books in Homage to Anna Atkins, and Cyanotype Prints series for their harmonious design and sharp images. There's an aesthetic balance that could have easily gone to chaos, yet she managed to keep her work clear and somehow hypnotic. 


Lauren Francescone- Cyanotypes with Unexpected Subject



Lauren Francescone is a graphic designer who's work demonstrates a geometric quality. Her cyanotypes of condoms was interesting to me because it's not exactly the first thing one thinks of for cyanotypes. But in fact, they look great! The latex and variation in thickness causes a sense of dimensionality to the fairly flat forms while the size and composition of the pieces re-contextualize the condoms. Personally, I think they almost resemble fish swimming through water, and the close proximity of the circles suggest ideas of togetherness and intimacy. 

cyanotype scarf

http://thecraftsdept.marthastewart.com/2011/03/cyanotype-tutorial.html

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Cyanotypes so blue



These are some pretty beautiful Cyanotypes I found by an artist Natalie Cheung from her time in grad school at Tyler University. She is exploring fractal geometry and they are photograms of the actual cyanotypes.. I'm really interested in pattern-making and form in alternative processing, so hopefully I will try to explore that. The cyanotypes really open up the world of what the image can be printed on...

Thursday, January 17, 2013

6-month long pinhole exposures

CHECK THIS OUT!

http://www.lomography.com/magazine/tipster/2010/06/18/six-month-long-pinhole-exposures

Caitlyn Soldan


Caitlyn Soldan, photographer from Chicago, has been able to achieve really beautiful textures with these pinhole images..

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Christian Harkness


Christian Harkness is an artist who often uses pinholes, cyanotypes, and film in her work. This photo is an 11′x17′ Cyanotype print from a 35mm Neopan 1600 pinhole negative. 
A link to her blog is- http://chrislh.wordpress.com/