LUMENS

Lumen prints consist of black & white photographic paper, physical objects, sunlight, and time. Each variable in this camera-less process can be manipulated and shifted to produce mysterious, one-of-a-kind pictures. For this series, I made impressions of the water and plant life in Rock Creek, a 32 mile long tributary of the Potomac River that stretches from Maryland to Washington, DC. Some are partially treated with fixer, with the chemistry used as a drawing material to heighten the visual sensation of being underwater. Others are created in combination with digital negatives of photographs along eroded away areas of Rock Creek, a precipitous carving away of the earth. In total, these images are a brief portrait of my experience walking along the water, collecting plants, and getting lost in the landscape.