This practice-led research project entitled
Taking Photographs Beyond the Visual: Paper as a Material Signifier in Photographic Indexicality explores the status of photographs as physical traces rather than purely as images.
The works were produced entirely on-site in remote alpine locations: paper was made out of plants and exposed photographically for periods of several weeks in cameras made out of natural materials, using only the inherent light-sensitivity of plant pigments. They are placed in archival boxes with location and dates of exposure embossed on the lid. A film shows my interaction with the environment in the process of making the works.
The full PhD thesis is available for download
HERE.
Read more about the project
HERE.
