Alchemy of Nature features recent works by artists Diana Bloomfield, Bob Carnie and Christine Fitzgerald created using 19th century photographic processes to explore the natural environment. Photography is now largely a dematerialized pursuit using digital devices such as smartphones to take and distribute images. These three artists value the historical continuity of photography by reviving and adapting antiquated methods to create unique hand-printed physical objects. By bringing back to life techniques from photographyʼs past and exploiting modern technology, these artists push the boundaries of their medium to address environmental precarity through the lens of human experience.
Melissa Rombout, Exhibition Curator
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ALCHEMY OF NATURE WORKS
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Fog Over Saul’s Camp, 2021
Tricolour Gum Bichromate over Cyanotype
Image © Diana Bloomfield
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Fish Study, 2021
Cyanotype Impression on Platinotype
Image © Christine Fitzgerald
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Tricolour Gum Bichromate over Palladium
Image © Bob Carnie
