Mapping Beneath the Surface, Landscapes in Cyanotype Print 2

The composition of this work is deeply influenced by vintage landscape photography plates and the analogue processes photographers once used to expand their field of view. I was particularly drawn to the way multiple film negatives were layered to create images that exceeded the limits of a single frame, allowing the full sweep of a landscape to be documented. Adapting this approach, I built each piece through layers of cyanotype chemistry, drawing, and negative overlays, using multiple exposures to cultivate both visual and conceptual depth.

Beyond the imagery itself, the application of the light-sensitive cyanotype solution became a creative act in its own right. I brushed it on in a painterly, intuitive way—letting some areas remain loose and fluid while concentrating others into denser pools of colour. These gestures echo the natural rhythms of the land: the way boundaries form and dissolve, the way forces move beneath and across the surface, seen and unseen.