Anthotype Dress - Rose
Anthotype - "A process suggested by Sir John Herschel in
1842 that used the colored extracts and tinctures of flowers
and vegetables to sensitize paper. Objects such as leaves,
lace, and other thin materials were placed in contact with
the sensitized paper and exposed to sunlight. Anthotypes
were not fixed or stabilized, making them impossible to
display except in night albums, for evening viewing."
– Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, 2007
lifesize white sewn cotton dress
dyed with red rose petals,
stitched with rosehips
fugitive contact prints of rosehips
are made over time as sunlight
fades the exposed fabric
2008