Image 1 of 1
Chrystel Lebas - Buddleja davidii - Butterfly-bush 100 yellow 80 magenta 0 cyan 30s
Professionally printed on 10x12 Arches 88 fine art matte paper, 100% cotton-rag.
From Plant Portraits or Weeds & Aliens Studies
From a series of unique Photogram, 2016
On his travels through the British Isles, the ecologist and botanist Sir Edward James Salisbury collected plants, uprooting them to photograph against a sheet of white paper—just as dried plants are preserved in an herbarium. Following his method, Lebas has also created “portraits” of plants.
In a long photographic tradition dating back to the earliest pioneers—including William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) and Anna Atkins (1799–1871)—She used photograms, a process in which an object, in this case a plant, is laid on light-sensitive paper and briefly exposed to light, revealing only the subject’s outline. Atkins, herself a passionate botanist, became world-famous for her exceptionally beautiful cyanotypes of ferns and seaweeds.
Lebas added an extra layer to this camera-less technique by placing the plants on light-sensitive colour photographic paper and meticulously varying the cyan, magenta, and yellow filters in the enlarger for each separate exposure, giving each plant a subtly different colour in its portrait.
Some of the plants recorded in this series were described in detail by Salisbury in his now-classic book on weeds and exotic plants, Weeds & Aliens (1961). One of these, Buddleja davidii (Butterfly-bush), is now listed as an invasive species in Great Britain for its ability to overwhelm and crowd out native vegetation, threatening biodiversity.
Chrystel Lebas is a London based visual artist. Interested in looking at how landscapes contain psychological significance in relation to visually concealed histories, through the use of photography, video, sound and installation She has exhibited internationally, and her work is held in public and private collections including the National Galleries of Scotland, Huis Marseille Museum for Photography Amsterdam, Victoria and Albert Museum. Her acclaimed publication ‘Field Studies: Walking through Landscapes and Archives’ (2017), winner of the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Best Photography Book 2018.
“Photofusion is a fantastic place that promotes photography analogue and digital, in the most inclusive way, working with the community offering a range of workshops and facilities that is so vital in London.” -Chrystel Lebas
Print is unsigned. Your purchase will contain a letter of authenticity from Photofusion noting Title of Print, Photographer and signed by Photofusion's Director. Due to all printing being completed expertly in-house, please allow a period of up to 28 days for your order to be shipped.
Professionally printed on 10x12 Arches 88 fine art matte paper, 100% cotton-rag.
From Plant Portraits or Weeds & Aliens Studies
From a series of unique Photogram, 2016
On his travels through the British Isles, the ecologist and botanist Sir Edward James Salisbury collected plants, uprooting them to photograph against a sheet of white paper—just as dried plants are preserved in an herbarium. Following his method, Lebas has also created “portraits” of plants.
In a long photographic tradition dating back to the earliest pioneers—including William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) and Anna Atkins (1799–1871)—She used photograms, a process in which an object, in this case a plant, is laid on light-sensitive paper and briefly exposed to light, revealing only the subject’s outline. Atkins, herself a passionate botanist, became world-famous for her exceptionally beautiful cyanotypes of ferns and seaweeds.
Lebas added an extra layer to this camera-less technique by placing the plants on light-sensitive colour photographic paper and meticulously varying the cyan, magenta, and yellow filters in the enlarger for each separate exposure, giving each plant a subtly different colour in its portrait.
Some of the plants recorded in this series were described in detail by Salisbury in his now-classic book on weeds and exotic plants, Weeds & Aliens (1961). One of these, Buddleja davidii (Butterfly-bush), is now listed as an invasive species in Great Britain for its ability to overwhelm and crowd out native vegetation, threatening biodiversity.
Chrystel Lebas is a London based visual artist. Interested in looking at how landscapes contain psychological significance in relation to visually concealed histories, through the use of photography, video, sound and installation She has exhibited internationally, and her work is held in public and private collections including the National Galleries of Scotland, Huis Marseille Museum for Photography Amsterdam, Victoria and Albert Museum. Her acclaimed publication ‘Field Studies: Walking through Landscapes and Archives’ (2017), winner of the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Best Photography Book 2018.
“Photofusion is a fantastic place that promotes photography analogue and digital, in the most inclusive way, working with the community offering a range of workshops and facilities that is so vital in London.” -Chrystel Lebas
Print is unsigned. Your purchase will contain a letter of authenticity from Photofusion noting Title of Print, Photographer and signed by Photofusion's Director. Due to all printing being completed expertly in-house, please allow a period of up to 28 days for your order to be shipped.