Natural Negatives
2022
8" × 10"
Silver Gelatin Print
filed in: 2022 Photo Image
Three 35mm specimens of nature put through a photographic enlarger. Each were collected at the Penland School of Crafts. Two of them have been carefully etched and poked with a pin depict Chinese characters.
![A solarized and selectively developed photographic image of a leaf that has Chinese characters poked out of it.](https://www.haiwenlin.com/assets/projects/2022/natural-negatives/naturalneg_1.jpg)
![A green leaf that has Chinese characters poked out of it.](https://www.haiwenlin.com/assets/projects/2022/natural-negatives/naturalneg_6.jpg)
![A black and white photographic enlargement of a piece of mica that has a Chinese character etched into it.](https://www.haiwenlin.com/assets/projects/2022/natural-negatives/naturalneg.jpg)
![two fingers hold up a piece of mica that has a chinese character for "earth" etched into it.](https://www.haiwenlin.com/assets/projects/2022/natural-negatives/naturalneg_5.jpg)
![A small slice of lime that has been taped off with blue tape.](https://www.haiwenlin.com/assets/projects/2022/natural-negatives/naturalneg_4.jpg)
![A solarized black and white image of an enlarged lime slice.](https://www.haiwenlin.com/assets/projects/2022/natural-negatives/naturalneg_3.jpg)