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Waves: Still Soaking

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With in the photo degradation series I am continuing to work on the waves project.  I am varying the length of time the prints soak in the ocean water. As well as what I am doing tot he prints prior to putting them into the container.

Interesting results are coming through strangely enough the blue/cyan seems to be the first that is affected by the process.  So these become very red/magenta and yellow images.  The pictures Im posting are all direct scans with no editing.

Also I decided to through one of the photos into the bleaching solution used for the cyanotypes, while no change was immediately noted, the picture has a definite browning to the over all work.  I did not allow it to soak long, i was just experimenting but its interesting and I may decided to move forward a little on this thing.

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Further Degradation in the Waves series.

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So I spent some time soaking some other prints in the ocean water.  I love the  way this is altering the prints.  As time moves forward I am soaking them individually rather than multiples at a time as well as floating them on top of the water.

Either way I feel that the spirit and theme of the work is working well together.  I really am altering the representation of the thing that they are of.

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Revisiting Cycles: Composting the Prints

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So when I was working on the cycles project I made some C-Type prints of all photos I took of the jars.  Cycles had always been a project I wanted to go on for a while and it led me to create a small home compost jar for my kitchen waste.  Inspired by Matthew Brandt I decided to add the prints to the pile.

I added the photos to the compost on March 1st and pulled them out of the compost on the 5th and was pleasantly surprised by the changes in only a few days.  Large swathes of red are now apparent on the print, oranges and yellows are streaked amongst  the previously high key greens and browns.  The white has been stained in a great umber color.

Overall I am very happy with these results and will do it with the remainder of the prints.  I am very curious to see what may happen as the the compost continues to break down will different chemical compounds reveal themselves and effect the print.  Also the compost is extremely moist right now and I am waiting to see what will happen as it dries out.

 

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Cycles Day 70

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The 10 week mark…Still stagnant, not a whole lot of change in either jar at this point, and if anything the plants are looking slightly weaker again.  I made the decision to leave them in the growing jar for another week for two reasons.  I am hoping that next week they will appear stronger again and in order to get a good layout on the grid part of the project.  I did not like the grid that came out this week.

Again these jars appear to be reflective of life for me.  Existing in some sort of strange holding pattern with minor movements forward, but no complete collapse at the same time.  No leaps and bounds of change.  Maybe the transplant see big change is what they need to move forward.  Or maybe it will be the death of them.

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Chasing Ice Review

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Viewing Chasing Ice was a semi life changing experience not only in my view of imagery but also in the sense that my firm concern for climate change is more affirmed.  Visually I find James Balog’s work impactful.  The sheer scale of the photographs, and scenery stun the imagination, and these places are not imagined.  Like a scene in Lord of the Rings the scale of the forces at work, size and impact leaves one bewildered.  I think if you muted the entire you documentary the impact would be the same.  Oddly enough the project idea that Balog is working on is not an uncommon one, I have heard this project recommended to people and myself many time, his is on a grand scale.  The project generally consists of photographing the same spot during different times of day, seasons, years and yes even hours.  Balog took this to an extreme scale, but it worked, the still photo time lapse of the thawing and receding of the glaciers created for an impactful series of images, especially when viewed together in the video.

Any of the still in Chasing Ice would be amazing works of art on there own.  The scale and beautiful cyans of the glacial ice are impactful.  To me they make me want to brave the cold to photograph it for myself before they are all gone. Chris’ inclusion of people or other objects for scale was very important for giving us a reference to the size of these natural monument. Small minuscule humans on a vast blue land scape of ice, we are forced to see ourselves as the man dangling from the ropes into the cavern.  The lines of the melting layers run us through the image. Deep shadows give the idea of great depth in the fissures in the glacier.

This film also exposes the shocking truth of climate change.  At the time this was filmed every one was still referring to climate change as global warming, the change in terminology from then until the modern times, I feel is important, people are more accepting of the new term and more willing to make a change, or support change.

Balog states that he wanted to be sure he could tell his adult children and grand children that he did every thing he could to bring to light the serious world problems.  He worked tirelessly to create this fantastic work of art.  He risked his health, emotional stability all to create an impactful work of art that will last the ages.