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About Christine So

Christine So is an American printmaker, photographer and painter living in the hills across the bay from San Francisco. She works in acrylics and cyanotype, the blue and white antique photographic process. Though best known for her cyanotype photographs of forests shrouded in fog, she produces radically different effects with the same medium. Of note are her paintings on paper using the light-sensitive cyanotype solution within which she then prints a pattern. The multiple-day process depends on being able to see while painting in a dark room so as to not expose the li...Read More

Christine So

Established in 20181stDibs seller since 2024

Featured Pieces

Night and Day Rosebud Diptych (Two hand-printed cyanotypes, 24 x 18" each)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
The deep indigo blue of these two rosebud prints is neither ink nor paint. Although these look like block prints, they are cyanotypes, a type of 19th century cameraless photography a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Night and Day Rosebud Diptych (Two hand-printed cyanotypes, 24 x 18" each)

Christine So
Night and Day Rosebud Diptych (Two hand-printed cyanotypes, 24 x 18" each), 2023

Chinese Elm IV (original cyanotype, 40 x 20 inches)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
The leaves of the Chinese elm here are a pale blue rather than white. Though this monoprint looks like a wood cut or screen print, this is actually a form of photography called a cya...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Monotype, Photogram

Chinese Elm IV (original cyanotype, 40 x 20 inches)

Christine So
Chinese Elm IV (original cyanotype, 40 x 20 inches), 2024

Cyanotype Landscape Photograph "The Path Home", (23 x 35 in., ed. 1 of 3)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
Giant oaks reach across a shady path in the woods, soft morning light glowing in the distance. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. The pho...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Cyanotype Landscape Photograph "The Path Home", (23 x 35 in., ed. 1 of 3)

Christine So
Cyanotype Landscape Photograph "The Path Home", (23 x 35 in., ed. 1 of 3), 2026

Under Towering Pines (35 x 23 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
Towering Monterey pines lean over a steep downhill path in the woods at dawn in a dramatic composition. All lines lean the same direction. Then the path zig-zags at a sharp angle upw...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Under Towering Pines (35 x 23 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3)

Christine So
Under Towering Pines (35 x 23 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3), 2026

Standing Tall, edition 1 of 3 (hand-printed cyanotype, 17 x 11 inches)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
This is an original, hand-printed contact photograph using the antique cyanotype process. This path through towering Monterey pine trees is in the woods across the bay from San Franc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Standing Tall, edition 1 of 3 (hand-printed cyanotype, 17 x 11 inches)

Christine So
Standing Tall, edition 1 of 3 (hand-printed cyanotype, 17 x 11 inches), 2024

Wildflowers and Pines, edition 1 of 3 (hand-printed cyanotype, 17 x 11 inches)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
This is an original, hand-printed contact photograph using the antique cyanotype process. These Monterey pine trees obscured by fog and wildflowers are in the woods across the bay fr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Wildflowers and Pines, edition 1 of 3 (hand-printed cyanotype, 17 x 11 inches)

Christine So
Wildflowers and Pines, edition 1 of 3 (hand-printed cyanotype, 17 x 11 inches), 2024

The Path Home II, cyanotype, 9 x 17 in., Ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
Giant oaks reach across a shady path in the woods, soft morning light glowing in the distance. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. The pho...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

The Path Home II, cyanotype, 9 x 17 in., Ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape

Christine So
The Path Home II, cyanotype, 9 x 17 in., Ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape, 2026

Under Towering Pines (11 x 7.5 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
Towering Monterey pines lean over a steep downhill path in the woods at dawn in a dramatic composition. All lines lean the same direction. Then the path zig-zags at a sharp angle upw...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Under Towering Pines (11 x 7.5 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3)

Christine So
Under Towering Pines (11 x 7.5 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3), 2026

Under Towering Pines (17 x 11 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
Towering Monterey pines lean over a steep downhill path in the woods at dawn in a dramatic composition. All lines lean the same direction. Then the path zig-zags at a sharp angle upw...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Under Towering Pines (17 x 11 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3)

Christine So
Under Towering Pines (17 x 11 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3), 2026

Wildflowers and Pines, cyanotype, 8.5 x 11 in., ed. 1/3, Landscape
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The iconic Monterey cypress trees can be found all up and down the coast ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Wildflowers and Pines, cyanotype, 8.5 x 11 in., ed. 1/3, Landscape

Christine So
Wildflowers and Pines, cyanotype, 8.5 x 11 in., ed. 1/3, Landscape, 2026

Cyanotype Landscape Photograph "Round the Bend", (23 x 35 in., ed. 1 of 3)
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
A curve in a s steep path in woods that disappear into morning mist. These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. This is a photograph print...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Cyanotype Landscape Photograph "Round the Bend", (23 x 35 in., ed. 1 of 3)

Christine So
Cyanotype Landscape Photograph "Round the Bend", (23 x 35 in., ed. 1 of 3), 2026

The Day Begins (35 x 23 in., Cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3), Contemporary Landscape
By Christine So
Located in Oakland, CA
These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The paths are crowded with towering eucalyptus, bay laurel and madrone tr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

The Day Begins (35 x 23 in., Cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3), Contemporary Landscape

Christine So
The Day Begins (35 x 23 in., Cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3), Contemporary Landscape, 2026

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