Joshua Tree Cyanotypes

The “blue prints” are part of an ongoing photography series dedicated to my love of the high desert landscape and the cyanotype process. These unusual trees paired with the vintage development process creates this unique handmade view of Joshua Tree National Park and the high desert. The Blue print process is done by creating a light sensitive emulsion to cold press water color paper and contact printing an enlarged negative onto the surface. In conjunction I am also creating photograms with this process where I am contact printing pieces of high desert nature to the emulsion. The process includes harnessing the sun’s power as the images are left in the UV light to develop then rinsed with water to clear the image.