North American photographers – AlternativePhotography.com

Julie Mixon

Julie Mixon is a Professor of Photography at Francis Marion University whose practice explores alternative photographic processes, combining historical techniques with digital and analogue experimentation. Her work often focuses on family and nature, reflecting her interest in the intersection of science, art, and photography. From: Florence, South Carolina, USA Shows: Cyanotypes, Lumens, Transfers and VanDykes Julie Mixon is a Professor of Photography at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. … Read more

Chris Peregoy

Chris Peregoy blends 40 years of photography with digital, traditional, and historic processes, creating images that explore forgotten and imagined memories. From: Baltimore, USA Shows: Vandykes Chris Peregoy is an artist who has been actively showing photographically derived artworks for the past 40 years. Originally trained in traditional photographic practices, his current work crosses the boundaries between digital, traditional, and primitive photography and marries digital image-making with historic photographic processes … Read more

Cynthia Stallings

Cynthia Stallings discovered alternative process photography in the 1980s. After a digital hiatus, she returned to film, producing cyanotypes with rich tonal range. Her recent portraits and abstracted everyday scenes explore personal expression and atmospheric environments. From: Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA Shows: Cyanotypes Cynthia Stallings was introduced to Alternative Process Photography by chance. It was the last photography course taken through Pittsburgh Filmmakers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the mid 1980’s. Work … Read more

Michael R. Stimola

Michael R. Stimola, a self-taught artist based in West Tisbury, MA, turned to cyanotypes, beginning an intensive exploration of Prussian blue. Working with digital negatives and traditional chemistry, he creates contact prints and cameraless abstractions shaped by seawater, sand, and sunlight—meditations on perception and the changing coastlines of his home. His work has been widely exhibited. From: West Tisbury, Massachusetts, USA Shows: Cyanotypes Michael R. Stimola lives in West Tisbury, … Read more

Mohammed Shamma

Mohammed Shamma, a self-taught artist from the San Francisco Bay Area, first fell in love with papyrus as a child visiting Egypt. Decades later, his twin passions for photography and ancient materials merged through cyanotype printing on papyrus. Constantly pushing its possibilities, Shamma now explores carbon transfer techniques while exhibiting locally and teaching workshops in alternative photographic processes at the Petaluma Art Center. From: Petaluma, California, USA Shows: Cyanotypes and … Read more

Daniel Rothenberg

Daniel Rothenberg is an experimental artist whose practice bridges printmaking and alternative photography. Grounded in process and material, his layered kallitypes and analog techniques explore transformation, imperfection, and the tactile possibilities of image-making. From: Rochester, New York, USA Shows: Chemigrams, Cyanotypes, Kallitypes, Lumens. Daniel Rothenberg is an experimental artist whose evolving body of work reflects a deep curiosity for process and material. He graduated from Nazareth University in 2021 with … Read more

Mac Cosgrove-Davies

Mac Cosgrove-Davies is a self-taught photographer specializing in historic processes like gum bichromate, cyanotype, and wet plate since 1978. He teaches at Photoworks, Glen Echo Park, and has work in the Smithsonian and Library of Congress. From: Arlington, Virginia, USA Shows: Carbon prints, Cyanotypes (also hand-coloured), Gum bichromate, Oil prints and Tintypes. Mac Cosgrove-Davies is a self-taught photographer who since 1978 has been practising historic photographic processes including gum bichromate, … Read more

Suzanne Izzo

Suzanne Izzo, a Washington, DC-based artist, blends experimental techniques like gum bichromate, cyanotype, and skiatype, crafting abstract, pattern-rich works showcased in galleries and international alternative photography exhibits. From: Washington, DC, USA Shows: Cyanotypes, Gum bichromates, Salt prints and VanDyke Suzanne Izzo was introduced to photography as a child by her father and worked with him to produce silver gelatin prints in their basement darkroom. Many years later while clearing out … Read more

Kate Durham

Living in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Kate Durham is a cyanotype artist who combines her prints with watercolor, collage, poetry, and illustration. Drawing inspiration from the ways in which art resonates with the rhythms of the natural world, her work explores themes of home, womanhood, renewal, and the cyclical processes of life. From: Columbus, Ohio, USA Shows: Cyanotypes While traditional photography never captured her interest, Kate Durham has found her artistic … Read more

Kevin Pinkerton

Kevin Pinkerton, a photographer for nearly 40 years, specializes in infrared, color, and cyanotype prints using vintage lenses with a Nikon Z camera. He also works as a farmer. From: Leonardtown, USA Shows: Cyanotypes Kevin Pinkerton has been a photographer for almost 40 years. He uses a Nikon Z camera with old vintage lenses adapted to fit the cameras. Kevin shoots infrared and colour. He became interested in cyanotype prints … Read more

Bonnie O. App

Bonnie O. App, a former teacher and commercial artist, creates cyanotype photograms of plants and landscapes, blending her skills in graphic design, photography, and botanical art. She exhibits regularly in solo and group shows. From: Lakewood, Ohio, USA Shows: Cyanotypes Bonnie O. App’s art journey was first inspired by her older brother, an illustrator and commercial artist. Throughout Bonnie’s working life, first a teacher, and then, no surprise to her … Read more

Maureen Cogan

Maureen Cogan, a former portrait studio head, shifted from digital photography to cyanotype, drawn by its tactile nature. She creates interactive, textured pieces, aiming to surprise and delight viewers beyond expectations. She exhibits in Columbia, Maryland. From: Columbia, Maryland, USA Shows: Cyanotypes Maureen Cogan was the head of her own portrait studio for 10 years before moving from the world of DSLRs, memory cards, software, and studio lights to the … Read more

James Sedwick

James Sedwick, a seasoned artist, blends photography, sculpture, and poetry, crafting works in alternative darkroom processes and natural materials. His evocative art is featured in exhibitions, publications, and public collections. From: South Wales, New York, USA Shows: Cyanotypes and Palladium prints James Sedwick, a graduate of Gannon University and SUNY at Buffalo, retired from the practice of psychotherapy in 2015. He lives in South Wales, N.Y. He has photographed and … Read more

Kris Curtis Morse

Kris Curtis Morse, a Maryland-based photographer and art educator, creates nature-inspired works using eco-friendly processes like Chlorophyll printing. Her art fosters healing, connection to nature, and advocacy for environmental awareness, blending photography with her passion for herbalism and education. From: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA Shows: Chlorophyll prints Kris Curtis Morse is a photographer, art educator, nature lover, and herbalist living in Maryland in the eastern United States. In her adolescence, … Read more

Matthew Bary

Matthew Bary, an avid photographer, rediscovered his passion for film and alternative processes. He experiments with various techniques, especially cyanotypes, and promotes the hobby to others, making it accessible and affordable. From: Corydon, Indiana, USA Shows: Cyanotypes and Silver gelatines Growing up, Matthew Bary was always interested in photography, but as the hobby rapidly shifted to digital, he lost interest for years. Later, he discovered that film was still thriving … Read more

Kathleen Vukasovich

Kathleen Vukasovich, from Phoenix, Arizona, creates imaginative cyanotypes using her photographs, acrylics, inks, and gold leaf. With a background in teaching and extensive travel, her work offers viewers a whimsical, magical universe. From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Shows: Cyanotypes Kathleen Vukasovich’s childhood in Yuma, Arizona consisted of chasing jackrabbits on horseback in the sand dunes with 4-H friends, preparing my lamb, “Lambchops” for the county fair, wearing a cowgirl costume while … Read more

Caroline Roberts

Caroline Roberts explores the relationship between people and nature through camera-less processes. Her work, marked by chaos and control, reflects climate grief and wonder. With a background in Chemical Engineering and an MFA in Painting, she exhibits internationally and manages a riparian forest in Texas. From: Houston, Texas, United States Shows: Chemigrams, Cyanolumens Caroline Roberts explores the uneasy relationship between people and the wildness of the rat world. She thinks … Read more

Paige Billin-Frye

Paige Billin-Frye, an artist and photographer based in Washington, DC, delves into 19th-century photo processes like cyanotypes and salt prints, often toning them with plants from her yard. She intertwines her interests in illustration, hand-bookbinding, and urban landscapes into her work. From: Washington, DC, USA Shows: Cyanotypes and Salt prints Paige Billin-Frye is an artist, photographer, illustrator and hand-bookbinder living in Washington, DC. She began printing photos when she was … Read more

Greta Koshenina

Greta Koshenina is a working artist who combines archival family photos with contemporary photographs to depict her own mythology. From: Water Valley, Mississippi, USA Shows: Cyanotypes Greta Koshenina is a photographer, videographer, poet, and curator based in Oxford and Water Valley, Mississippi. Cyanotypes provide a natural method of producing images that embody an antiquated aesthetic and convey a transient quality found in dreams, childhood memories, and mythology. Much of Koshenina’s … Read more

Brian Nieman

Photographer Brian Nieman explores alternative processes and conducts workshops. His focus is on uncovering messages within layers of existence, preferring education and unrestricted projects over corporate work. From: Los Angeles California, USA Shows: Cyanotypes, Lumen and Polaroids Brian Nieman, a photographer and educator, explores alternative processes and conversations. As a resident artist, he conducts in-depth workshops and classes, supported by sponsorships and grants from various California Arts Council, Ahmanson Foundation, … Read more

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