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Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitate f, rubra) + Turmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Camila Mangueira

“The Anthotype as a Gesture of Hope” by Camila Mangueira
Country: Portugal but from Brazil
Parts used: Red cabbage leaves and Turmeric roots
Application: Pieces of cotton
Exposure time: 4 days.
Month, season and year: Ago, Summer, 2022
Substrate: Fabriano paper mixed media, 250 g
Contrast of final print: ** (Medium)

Red cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitate f, rubra) +Turmeric (Curcuma longa) anthotype by Camila MangueiraRed cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitate f, rubra) +Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for anthotypesAmount: 100 g of Red Cabbage leaves / 50 g of Turmeric roots
Extracted using: Blender and paper filter
Thinner: None
Layers: Three layers of each separate pigment were applied in the middle of the image. On the sides, two layers (one layer of each pigment)
Used to create image: Positive on OHP paper

Challenges or observations: Placing the emulsion of the red cabbage leaves with those of the turmeric roots resulted in an interesting impression of stronger contrasts.

Instagram: @camila_mangueira

Additional information:
The anthotype matrix has been created analogically using the mixed techniques of collage and assemblage of OHP sheets of paper. The matrix is based on a didactic image from the 1898 scientific book “The book of life: the spiritual, social and physical constitution of man”. This image depicts a sort of diagrammatic view of where social relations, intelligence, food, colours and music are located in “man” as a kind of harmonization of the senses. The idea behind the work is not necessarily to re-signify the diagrammatic image into a photographic one, but, through an “anthotype gesture”, to add layers of ephemerality, chance and uncertainty to the conceptual images that seek to determine and locate the relationships between the senses, things and human languages. Moreover, in this practice, the mixing and coexistence of the emulsions (leaves and roots) also seek to reinforce the hope potentiated by the anthotype in the nature of relationships, whether in visual representations, creative processes, or life in general.

 


 
 

This anthotype is part of World Anthotype Day

World Anthotype Day was started by AlternativePhotography.com in 2022. In August anthotype artists all over the world celebrate the anthotype process and send in their entries. We add them here to the database and create a reference book for each year. The purpose of the day is to build a large resource where artist can learn which pigmenets and plants that work and draw inspiration from other artists' work. The reference books can be found here:

Volume 1 is the first book in the series:
Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2022
Volume 1 contains 60 unique anthotype emulsions from 103 artists taking part from 31 countries.
 

Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2022


Volume 2 is the second book:
Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 2 – The collective research from photogaphers on World Anthotype Day 2023
Volume 2 contains 100 unique anthotype emulsions from 139 artists taking part from 31 countries.
 

Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 2 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2023


 
If you want to learn more about making anthotypes there is also the "how-to" book:
Anthotypes – Explore the darkroom in your garden and make photographs using plantsMake prints using plants - an environmentally safe process!
 
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If you are already practising anthotype printing, we suggest making notes to document and learn:
Anthotype notebook50 pre-defined pages for you to document your anthotype process.
 

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