Sunlight and chemistry do the heavy lifting in Carole Renard's botanical portraits. Using 19th-century cyanotypes and photograms, she tracked down plants from the Muséum de Nantes' herbarium and gave them new life as luminous blue impressions in this open-air gallery.
Outdoor art installation
Historic photo techniques
Botanical photography
Free public art
Tips
🌿diptychs pair old herbarium plates with new cyanotypes
🌙visit at dusk for dreamy blue-on-blue shadows
🚶combine with a walk through Parc Auvigne
Friday, June 12
Free
Expositions
June 12 at 12am
+17Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
Sunlight and chemistry do the heavy lifting in Carole Renard's botanical portraits. Using 19th-century cyanotypes and photograms, she tracked down plants from the Muséum de Nantes' herbarium and gave them new life as luminous blue impressions in this open-air gallery.
Outdoor art installation
Historic photo techniques
Botanical photography
Free public art
Tips
🌿diptychs pair old herbarium plates with new cyanotypes
🌙visit at dusk for dreamy blue-on-blue shadows
🚶combine with a walk through Parc Auvigne
Friday, June 12
Free
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