Untitled #13 by Leigh Anne Langwell
Leigh Anne Langwell is a photographer who makes photographs without benefit of a camera. She constructs elaborate props out of translucent materials, arranges them on photographic paper, and exposes the entire thing to light to make the unique image. The images are influenced by micro biology and small-scale organic systems that, strangely, also reference macro systems like the solar system. Her work is firmly grounded in history, as it’s nearly impossible to miss the connection with Anna Atkins‘ 19th century botanical cyanotypes. Seeing the prints in real life is not to be missed, as they’re on a very luscious, velvety matte paper (that I understand is no longer manufactured.)
Ms. Langwell’s images can occasionally be seen around town, at the Dartmouth Street gallery web site, and in the book Photography: New Mexico.