ANTHOTYPES
Cameraless, one-off sun prints on plant-based emulsions.
Anthotypes extends my expanded image research by returning to fully analog, cameraless processes that foreground light, time, and material behavior as primary agents of image formation. These one-off sun prints are created by placing pressed plant material directly onto paper hand-coated with pigmented emulsions derived from organic sources—including wine, matcha, and turmeric—and exposing them under glass in direct sunlight. Rather than revealing a latent image through chemical development, the sun gradually fades the pigment where it is unshielded, allowing form to emerge through absence.
Duration is embedded directly into the work. Exposure unfolds over hours or days, producing images that record time as accumulation rather than instant. Material sensitivity plays a central role: emulsions extracted in water or alcohol respond differently to light, yielding distinct rates of fading, tonal ranges, and image resolution.