Is Water the Same as Yesterday
2024
Lumen prints 20X24 inches
Chemigrams
Reflecting on the significance of water is essential for us to envision the path ahead.
Water is never singular; it cannot be examined independently. Circulating globally, water perpetually absorbs and accommodates various substances, including metals, sewage, plastics, chemicals, and even nuclear waste. Nature, as a whole, is an intricate entity composed of numerous elements whose identity is constantly altered.
Sellafield, Europe's most hazardous nuclear site located in northwest England, serves as an accessible location for my visual exploration.
My objective is to capture images of the Sellafield site from both a neutral outsider’s viewpoint and an artist’s perspective infused with critical and personal empathy.
In the era of the Anthropocene, I am motivated to broaden the scope of image practice by exploring avenues for fostering ecological consciousness.
By employing alternative photographic processes beyond traditional methods, such as emphasizing consciousness and abstract indexical factors, image practice can continue to engage with the anthropocentric world. While the current look of some pieces features light pink and yellow neon hues after being fixed, the lumen process will continue to evolve and be altered by the time of exposure to light; hence, it continues to darken.
Therefore, what is currently visible represents just one phase of the process and not the ultimate appearance of the series. Echoing the title of my project, the series is in a constant state of flux, which is always evolving. My work combines fixed and not-fixed images to show the possibilities of lumen prints and create a unique visual experience for viewers. This approach is particularly valuable in a world where few works combine lumen prints and photographs.
Exhibition Mock Ups
A gallery space is where I see this work out in the world. It is ambitious to want to open workshops and exhibit with LAPC (London Alternative Photography Collective), which was founded by Melanie King in 2013, and has evolved from a small group of analogue and alternative photography practitioners into a collective that produces large-scale symposiums, exhibitions, and workshops. Given the fact that my work combines fixed and not-fixed images to show the possibilities of lumen prints and create a unique visual experience for viewers. This approach is particularly valuable in a photography world where few works combine lumen prints and photographs. Most importanly, LAPC is an open collective, which anyone can inform and work within, and has always been about promoting the accessibility and creative possibilities of analogue and experimental photography.