“T-shirt by Desseria Tunic Ictus” by Mandy Barker
Mandy Barker
Almost two centuries ago, botanist and pioneer photographer Anna Atkinsinfluential book, British algae photographs: cyanotype impressionsSeduct readers with its scientific power and its artistic talent. In this document, Atkins presented images of algae collected in British shores made using the Cyanotype methodAn printing process made by placing objects on chemical coating paper and exposing them to ultraviolet light, creating a cyan blue backdrop.
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In the new book by artist Mandy Barker, British algae photographs: cyanotype imperfectionsIt uses the same technique to draw attention to the current pollution crisis in the face of our oceans. Like Atkins, Barker also traveled the British coast. Rather than finding natural beauty, however, she saw the jet clothes Wash on the beaches. Her first discovery, she said, looked like algae. “It was a kind of pretty piece of fabric.” But as parts of jackets, dresses, shoes, underwear and school uniforms were starting to appear, the extent of the problem quickly appeared for her.
Inspired by the similar shape of algae clothes, Barker has decided to create new cyanotype prints (photo photo) from this found fabric (illustrated above, not in the book) to reproduce the work of Atkins, with small but significant changes. It draws attention to climatic costs associated with rapid fashion by inventing Latin names for clothing, such as Desseria coat tapée – A nod to the shirt she found and a kind of red algae that ATKINS photographed.
