Darkroom member Elisabeth Scheder-Bieschin has built a reputation with her cyanotype prints and was recently commissioned by the designer Paul Smith to create a collection to exhibit in the designer’s shops. You can read more about this here.
Elisabeth Scheder-Bieschin Artischoke, Artischoke, 2023
Now she is working on a series of photographs of vegetable still lifes evoking the work of the German photographer Karl Blossfeldt. Capturing their exquisite delicacy on 5 x 4 and medium format, Elisabeth cooks each vegetable and uses the water to produce a developer in which she processes the film. These negatives are then used to make prints that are developed in the same liquid. The unpredictable results are dependant on the levels of phenols in each of the vegetables, giving each a very distinctive look.
Elisabeth Scheder-Bieschin Rotkohl, Rotkohl, 2023
We are very excited that Elisabeth has been chosen to be one of a select group of photographers included in the launch of SOL LDN, a new art gallery and collaborative platform, established by the team behind London’s Huxley-Parlour Gallery. Her ‘Gemuse’ collection of limited edition prints is now available to purchase from their on-line gallery alongside some of her earlier cyanotypes.
