In 2023, I visited the Pyrenees mountains, trekking and wild-camping across the GR10 route. Since then I have been working on my series Blue Mountains, using photographs I took across my journey. In my studio I reconstruct these landscapes using the traditional photographic process of cyanotype printing.

I coat paper with light-sensitive chemicals, place negatives of the landscapes on top, and expose the work to sunlight. The light of sun is a force in the images, determining the intensity of the blues. The pieces show the traces of process, embracing the unpredictability of using natural elements to print, intertwined with the tactical nature of hand processes. 

The pieces express both the sublime nature of the landscape reimagined in blue, as well as the mountain ranges capacity to heal and reconnect us to time and nature. We are living in a time of disconnection from nature and wild places. The experience of being in the mountains offers a sense of belonging to something bigger and wilder than us, separated from civilisation. The crisis of modern life is at root, a crisis of belonging. Our relationship to both time and place has been disrupted, with the digital world interrupting our connection to the places we inhabit. Our existence is splintered, fragmented across multiple places at once. Wild spaces such as mountain ranges are the antithesis of this, offering a disconnection from the digital world that bring us back to nature, traversing the land by foot. 

Cyanotypes on paper
Various sizes
2025