VAN DYKE BROWN PHOTOGRAPHY
Pleurotus ostreatus
Here are a few still-life photographs of locally sourced Oyster Mushrooms, hand-printed using the alternative photographic method of Van Dyke brown. Under luminous lighting the white-gilled fungi demonstrate their smooth and tender surfaces in a monochromatic format.
Oyster Mushroom Still-life (tad863), 2022. Van Dyke brown print, 10"x 6".
These test prints have unique borders from the hand-applied chemistry, of which provides idiosyncratic qualities that creates sui generis attributes to a digitally taken photograph. The uncertainty that comes with the application means there is no way to create the same border twice and gives each print an unrepeatable outcome.
Oyster Mushroom Still-life (tad852), 2022. Van Dyke brown print, 10"x 6".
Oyster Mushroom Still-life (tad860), 2022. Van Dyke brown print, 10"x 6".
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