Soil chromatography is like taking a photo of the compounds and bacteria that make up soil and plants.

This listing is for a giclee print (aka a digitally printed copy) of a chromatogram I made for my body of work titled The Land Loves Us. You will receive an 8.5″ x 11″ unframed reproduction print. Note that while I have uploaded photos that match the prints’ colors as closely as I can, colors may vary among different computer monitors. What appears on your monitor may not reflect the exact shades of color in the print.

Alternative Photography Experiments

In 2023, I developed a technique for bleaching and toning cyanotypes with chromatograms. Cyanotypes are photographic blueprints made using a mixture of iron- the final image is revealed after being exposed to UV light. This print is one of my early experiments, and one of my favorite examples of this novel technique. To make this print, I first took a photograph of a tea leaf and turned that into a cyanotype. Then, I layered a chromatogram of puer tea grown on Nannuo Mountain in Yunnan on top of the cyanotype, which turned the blues of the cyanotype into delicate tans with hints of peachy yellows.