2021

heliogravures (photo sensitive polymer coated steel plates) and cyanotype on cotton paper

This series explores how body image is often closely intertwined with one’s self worth and the inherent value placed on a particular range of body shapes and sizes deemed “acceptable” in contemporary society.

Using an historical process similar to etching or photogravures, the artist produced this series by creating high-contrast vignettes of parts of their body and then exposing the transparency print on top of a metal plate coated with a light sensitive emulsion. As the emulsion hardens in the sun, a subtle impression on the golden plate is left behind.