Description forsythia branch and leaves were left on photo paper in the sun, and the paper recorded the impression of the plant. i make these prints often, they are called 'lumen prints' and are some of the oldest types of photography. like the early photographs, these lumen prints i make do not last, they can not be 'fixed' so the image fades away both in darkness and in light. the image is also undermined by the scanner. this is a computer reproduced tile of 9 images. the original was a lumen print, when scanned gained color from the scanning process. i duplicated the single image and varied the tin and hue.
J Nanian, Warwick, RI Member Since November 2007 Artist Statement Hello, I am a working photographer, who uses a variety of processes to make photographs. Most work here originates as a sheet of paper, glass metal or plastic that is coated with light sensitive materials. I use coffee as a film and paper developer. Some of the photographs you see here are made using a 200 year old process and the images are photographs that are unstable. Scanning them is the only way to preserve them. Other images here are cyanotypes, a process invented in the 1840s that uses 2 iron based compounds that convert to a stable image when in the presence of ultra violet light.