Chemigram Series
Photographic Paper, off-brand Developer, Adox Adostop Stop-Bath, Ilford Rapid Fixer
24 x 30,5cm
FOMASPEED Photographic Paper – matt, normal, N312
2023
color where non should be
The material used in analog photography and printing usually serves a single purpose. They are engineered to precision over the years to make results as reproducable and the materials as reliable as possible for professional use. With black and white photographic paper the obvious goal is a quality, black and white print. Inherent to black and white
printing is the abscence of color, manifested physically by the abscence of color emulsion in the paper itself.
This series of three chemigrams explores what happens when the path of intended use and procedure is left and instead the malfunctions and limitations of the materials become the main focus of investigation. For the final three works only the standard chemicals and papers for black and white printing are used to create the opposite of what they‘re intended to produce, to create color, where non should be.