Laurie Lambrecht: Cyanotype

In her recent work, Laurie Lambrecht examines visual perception using the cyanotype process. Known for its iconic Prussian blue hue, the cyanotype dates back to 1842 when Sir John Herschel, an associate of Fox Talbot, developed it for use in diagrams, drawings and note taking. One of the first non-silver photographic mediums, its immediacy and rich tonal qualities have attracted artists ranging from the 19th century photographer Annie Atkins to Robert Rauschenberg and Susan Weil, whose collaborative experiments produced life-size figural blueprints. 

For Lambrecht, the cyanotype has offered a means to reexamine a longstanding subject through a new medium in order to address assumptions of how we internalize or understand the visual world. During multiple stays at the Rauschenberg Foundation on Captiva Island, Lambrecht began an exploration of the natural flora of this southwest Florida island community. The Jungle Road series, focused on light-dappled labyrinthine thickets and vines, would become the catalyst for Lambrecht’s most recent examination of process and interpretation that began in 2014 during her five-week residency at the Rauschenberg Foundation.

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