Chlorophyll printing

Photographer Binh Danh observed one summer that there was a difference in color between grass under a water hose and the grass directly exposed to

Binh Danh appropriates iconic images of the Vietnam War, which ended 37 years ago today, and prints them on organic material such as leaves and grass.

Ever since I have founded Fotosynthesis, the first experimental printing process I wanted to try and master was chlorophyll printing or the photosynthesis process (The chlorophyll process is an organic alternative photography process akin to the anthotype process). I have tried a couple of time but

Chlorophyll printing - needs LOTS of strong sunshine to work well... . ...so when the weather seemed to oblige the other day, I was excited to pick up where I left off last year with this fascinating printing process.. . ... however - a couple of hours after setting up some new leaves/films, the (UK) weather changed...so chlorophyll printing has had to be put on hold yet again! 🙁 . Anyhow - here's some prints I made last summer. They've been kept in the dark, but I'm pleased to see they've…

Chlorophyll printing - needs LOTS of strong sunshine to work well... . ...so when the weather seemed to oblige the other day, I was excited to pick up where I left off last year with this fascinating printing process.. . ... however - a couple of hours after setting up some new leaves/films, the (UK) weather changed...so chlorophyll printing has had to be put on hold yet again! 🙁 . Anyhow - here's some prints I made last summer. They've been kept in the dark, but I'm pleased to see they've…

Chlorophyll Prints : What Are Chlorophyll Prints? Chlorophyll printing is an alternative photographic process where photographic images are developed on natural leaves through the action of photosynthesis. This organic technique does not use chemicals since the photogr…

Bárbara Morais shares her process of preserving - otherwise unstable - Chlorophyll photographs, making them UV resistant.

In this book about the lasting impact of war, Binh Danh and Robert Schultz create chlorophyll prints out of leaves found at historical sites in the USA.

Chlorophyll prints by Yago de Orbe Klingenberg are high quality and beautiful, step by step he shows how he achieves this result.

As summer break comes to a close and garden plants are ready for harvest, what can you do with the leaves of the plants you pull out, besides compost them? Leaf prints! Leaf prints are fun easy to make, and depending on whether you do it as art alone or as an extension to a botany lesson this activity spans the age ranges from K-12!