Time Sensitive

Cyanotype on fabric.

This sun print captures the melting trajectory of glacier ice. Surround the ice are plants and animals uniquely inhabiting the island after glacier melts — the fireweed that first bloom when glaciers retreat, the arctic birds that are on the edge of extinction. This sun print captures a moment of transformation and serves as a visual documentation of the ecosystem that thrive in these transient habitats, revealing the profound and lasting impacts of glacial retreat.

Collaborator: Glaciologist Ginny Catania and Ice Dynamics Lab