Cyanotype

Dedicated toSam Wang, John Jackson,and Sandy King,my partnersin cyanotype research

Figure P.1. Veneration, from the Untamed series, traditional cyanotype stained with Lipton tea on Japanese Kitakata paper, 16″ × 20″ © Jaime Aelavanthara 2014. “Poet Mary Oliver stated, ‘I think when we lose the connection with the natural world, we tend to forget that we’re animals, that we need the Earth. And that can be devastating.’ Untamed articulates humankind’s capacity to decay as a marker of our identity. Set in the natural places where one confronts life and death, growth and decay, these self portraits reflect on our transient, temporal lives that are ...