Cyanotype photographers – AlternativePhotography.com

LIVI

Lidiana Ceruti and Vincenzo Marino, working as LIVI, explore landscapes, particularly waterscapes, wetlands, and lagoons, through light, reflections, and colour, transforming photographs into cyanotypes that connect contemporary photography with visual memory. From: Como, Italy Shows: Cyanotypes Lidiana Ceruti and Vincenzo Marino, working together as LIVI, are photographers united by a passion for landscape and its power to evoke emotion. Their practice focuses particularly on waterscapes, wetlands and lagoons, explored through … Read more

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

Andrea Baldi

Andrea Baldi is trained at the Ettore Rolli School in Rome, he explores how materials, chemistry, and printing variables shape the final image. Working with alternative and handmade processes he often combines multiple processes and alternative papers to create layered prints rich in texture and tonal depth. From: Bologna, Italy Shows: Gum, three and four colours, Cyanotypes, Gum over Cyanotype, Gum over ziatype, Vandyke Browns, Ziatypes Andrea Baldi is a … Read more

Peter Kinchington

Peter Kinchington is a biologist and photographer whose work bridges science and visual art. His images – ranging from underwater to photomicrography – have supported major institutions and publications. Through advanced imaging techniques, he reveals the complexity of the natural world, combining scientific precision with an enduring fascination for nature’s detail. From: Melbourne, Australia Shows: Argyrotypes, Cyanotype, Lumens, Photogravures, Pinholes, Salt prints and Vandyke Browns. About Peter Kinchington (AAIPP, AIPPLM, BSc, Dip Ed, … Read more

Johannes Schmidt

Johannes Schmidt creates cameraless photograms & lumenprints with plants & historic papers, blending chemistry, chance & surreal beauty. Stunning colours, textures & subconscious connections. From: Born in Germany, lives in Nantes, France Shows: Chemigrams, lumenprints, toned cyanotypes Johannes Schmidt is a self-taught amateur. A pinhole workshop brought him in a darkroom, where he later discovered his passion for cameraless photography. He became fascinated by light, supports, photosensitive matter and photochemistry, … Read more

World Cyanotype Day 2026 gallery – Theme: GLOBAL BLUEPRINT

World Cyanotype Day (WCD) is celebrated on the last Saturday of September. Since 2015, it has brought together our global community of artists to share prints and celebrate the cyanotype process. Beginners and experienced artists: don’t hesitate to take part! Theme: GLOBAL BLUEPRINT – People, Place, and Environment Date: 26 September 2026. Until: We close on the 2nd of October, midnight in your own timezone Entry fee: Free Share your work: … Read more

Susan June Robertson-Baranick

A retired pathologist with studies in psychology and art history, Susan June Robertson-Baranick shifted from acrylic painting to environmentally conscious processes, winning the Persephone Prize in her final year. Her cyanotypes, photograms, and layered prints—sometimes combine with soil chromatograms and foraged pigments. From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Shows: Duotoned cyanotypes Susan June Robertson-Baranick is a retired Pathologist with subsequent BA(Psychology & Art History) and a BFA (2023) in painting. Developing a … Read more

Manfred J. Semmler

Manfred J. Semmler photographs travel, street life, and concerts, using available light and shadow to shape mood. His work balances objective observation with a deeply personal, subjective perspective. From: Germany Shows: Cyanotypes Manfred J. Semmler focuses on travel, street, and concert photography—capturing scenes, people, and the environments that shape everyday life. He values available light that preserves sharp detail, with shadow serving as a defining counterpart that strengthens form and … Read more

Wisteria

Wisteria, a self-taught artist based in Angers, France, works with cyanotype, merging digital practices, alternative processes, and abandoned landscapes. From: Angers, France Shows: Cyanotypes Wisteria is a self-taught artist based in Angers, France. She works primarily with cyanotype and enjoys experimenting with materials and surfaces, combining digital practices with alternative photographic processes. Over the years, she explored abandoned places and created mirror effects in her work. Although she began exhibiting, … 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

Manuela Meier

Manuela Meier, a lifelong creative, blends her love of paper, photography, and collage through cyanotype. What began as simple prints has evolved into expressive, handcrafted collages celebrating “strong women.” Her work merges traditional craft with modern aesthetics, reflecting a deep passion for experimentation, materials, and the enduring “blue magic” of cyanotype. From: Germany Shows: Cyanotypes Manuela Meier is a creative hobby artist with a deep passion for art, craft, and … 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

Marian Verkerk

Marian Verkerk is a visual artist whose work explores memory, time, and impermanence through experimental photographic processes, combining cyanotype, lumen prints, chemograms, and hybrid analogue–digital techniques. From: Friesland, the Netherlands Shows: Cyanotypes, duotones and tri colour, and Lumen prints Marian Verkerk is a visual artist working with experimental photographic processes that challenge the stability of the image. Combining cyanotype, lumen printing, chemograms, Van Dyke brown, and hybrid analogue–digital approaches, my … Read more

Ruchita Madhok

Ruchita Madhok is a Mumbai-based artist and designer whose work explores light through historical photographic processes like cyanotypes. Drawing on modernist design, poetry, and natural history, she captures ephemeral moments shaped by sunlight, surface, and material. From: Mumbai, India Shows: Cyanotypes Ruchita Madhok is an Indian artist and designer living in Mumbai, India. She explores photography as a means of recording light, not just as a form of image-making, but … 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

World Cyanotype Day 2025 gallery – Theme: Cultivating Community

World Cyanotype Day (WCD) is celebrated on the last Saturday of September. Since 2015, it has brought together our global community of artists to share prints and celebrate the cyanotype process. Beginners and experienced artists: don’t hesitate to take part! Theme: Cultivating Community When? The 27th of September 2025 Until: Now closed, welcome back with an entry in 2026. We closed on the 3rd of October, midnight in your own timezone Entry fee: … 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

Georg Sedlmeir

Georg Sedlmeir, a Munich-based geographer and photographer, explores alternative printing and DIY camera modifications. Influenced by his background in sustainable development, he embraces cyanotype and gum printing for their tactile, experimental, and eco-friendly nature. From: Munich, Germany Shows: Cyanotypes and Gum prints Georg Sedlmeir is a geographer and photographer from Munich, Germany, with close family ties to Wisconsin. Starting in photography in the 1980s with his mother’s Kodak Retinette, he … Read more

Anne Risum

Anne Risum, a Danish painter and alternative photographer, intuitively crafts cyanotypes using layered negatives, ink, fire, and toning. She also teaches cyanotype to young and disabled artists. From: Denmark Shows: Cyanotypes Anne Risum, a 53-year-old Danish figurative painter and alternative photographer, uses cyanotype as a medium. A professional figurative painter for 25 years, she relies on photographs for her work, capturing the stories of inspiring people. Over time, she amassed … Read more

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