Marie Craig

"Wolemi Pine 2", contemporary, yellow, trees, forests, cyanotype, photograph

2018

By toning cyanotypes, using chemicals that turn the deep blue images to yellow, Craig's photographs fade and begin to disappear. Craig is curious about what happens when she stops the process at various stages, and when she lets the images ‘evaporate’ completely. Nothing lasts forever. Blue Gum trees, native to Australia, have survived for millennia by adapting and thriving in a climate where wildfires are common. Now invasive in many parts of the world, this 'gasoline tree' is a dangerous fire hazard, especially in the face of climate change, which is expected to make wildfires more common. White mat, framed behind glass in white wood frame, 14 x 17 inches Marie Craig’s photography considers objects that were once imbued with life but have since been abandoned. Juncture, Craig’s latest series, alludes to a turning point, the moment where a choice made profoundly alters the trajectory of what follows, whether evident at the time or not. She uses cyanotype, because in this early photographic process choice and chance factor equally into the outcome of each piece. Craig’s layered photographs...

Marie Craig's 'Buckeye’ is an original deep blue photograph of leaves from the Bottlebrush Buckeye tree. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photographic process which u...

Marie Craig's "Forest for the Trees 3" is an original dark green photograph of a rustic cabin imposed into a silhouette of a leaf. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early ph...

Marie Craig's "Forest for the Trees 1" is an original dark green photograph of a skyscraper imposed into a silhouette of a leaf. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early phot...

Larger size hand-printed photograph than the other two listings of the same name. These iconic Monterey pines can be found all up and down the coast of northern California from San F...

A glimpse between tree trunks of distant Monterey pines dissolving into the light and fog. This is a hand-stained contact photo using the antique cyanotype process from the 1800s. Th...

This is a hand-printed contact photograph using the antique cyanotype process and very big negatives which are the same size as the final print. These are the iconic Monterey Pines ...

These iconic Monterey pines can be found all up and down the coast of northern California from San Francisco to Carmel and beyond. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across...