Images process with film developer
made of sagebrush and tumbleweeds
made of sagebrush and tumbleweeds
Loess
Loess deposits are geologic formations made of windblown dust.
They are among the most fertile soils because of their porosity.
We* often think of dust as devoid of life- dustbowl, dusty, dirty.
But in this process of gathering, in the accumulation of particulates,
there is fertility and potential regeneration.
I wonder, when does a stream become a river? When does a trickle become a cascade?
When does a pile of dust become loess?
When do plants begin to grow in the loess?
The Formation of Loess is an ongoing project using medium and large format film photographs processed with plant-based developer. The images, paired with text, explore themes of accumulation, toxicity, and ecological and social tipping points and thresholds of change.