LIFE AND DEATH IN THE UNDERGROWTH
Archival pigment prints of photographed lumens, cyanotype & cyano-lumens (unfixed).
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Under the rainforest canopy, signs of life, death, deterioration and regeneration are everywhere. Easily seen in decaying leaves, new growth and fallen trees. Sensed too, through birdsong, sunshine and smells of eucalyptus and damp earth. Deep in the soil a complex world of decomposition, recycling and transformation lies largely unnoticed.
Ever more discernible in the forests of Australia are the cumulative effects of colonisation, industrialisation and a warming planet, impacting the undergrowth and all species that depend on it.
This collection was made in collaboration with the forest, on Wurundjeri Country. Expired silver gelatin photo papers were utilised to make unique, camera-less prints. These light sensitive impressions were then photographed, in their fleeting, transitory states.
Commissioned by BodyPlaceProject.