First time i tried cyanotype process was back in 2009 during my stay in Denmark.I super loved it.
It`s a very interesting process and you can get very different and interesting results by toning it with several materials such as coffee,tea etc (some of the pics in my project are toned with tea and coffee) or hand coloring it using watercolors, plant or veggie juice , oil colors etc. like in thisproject of mine.
I used to , in the beginning , until i started to fall for how surprisingly marvelous they`d look because of different affecting factors. So i decided to collect my test stripes from some of my silver gelatin and liquid emulsion prints. The pictures you are seeing are a product of under(over)developing,under(over)exposing,maltreating,light and erosion caused by time passing. The wonderful thing is that they`ll continue to change after the time they were taken:)
I decided to name this project : ALCHEMY OF DESERTION.
Prononciation of alchemy of desertion would normally awaken gloomy feelings...
But I think it`s amazing to see how things continuously morph into something new.
It`s like a synonym of infinity and everything/everyone , can/should discover this on their selves ...
This is one of my last projects which consists of maltreated film (burned and vinegar soaked).it was my first trial, smore to come ;) scanned negative from digital camera.
I had just a small amount of leftovers , so i randomly cut a small piece of raw cloth i found and poured the left juice on it.I let it dry for some minutes. Then i put a leave on it and decided to position it on the balcony marble, considering it as the best place to get a lot of sun.I sticked the leave to the cloth and the cloth to the marble with a transparent tape .
all images (c) Eni Turkeshi Photography
I could see the juice color start to bleach since the first day , but decided to give it a longer time.And after 2 days of exposure , i got the image you can see in the last picture:)
Needless to say i`m loving anthotypes, which makes me now whine so much on the very hot weather of Albania:)
I was inspired from my anthotype
experiments to invent this one:) I was amazed of the great colorful
juices profited from the plants, fruits and veggies.So i decided to use
them for handcoloring of some of my altprocess prints. I was inspired by the result and will try more in the future. Meanwhile i`ll let you with the passionate world of colors :) to see more of this set check it from my behance
Albanian digital and analogue photographer with a huge love for alternative printing process and all other avantgarde mixed media techniques.
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