Melissa Fleming - Artist Exploring the Natural World
  American Glaciers
  Wildfires
  Sentient (Night Seascapes)
 
  Under Glass
  The Space In Between
  Wax Flora
  On the Water
  Wildlife
  Waterscapes
  Orchid Haze
  New York City

Sea Change (Palladium Photograms of Ocean Waves)

Wave after wave, the mark of the ocean is ever-present and continuously changing. The variations in the images of Sea Change, a series of palladium-based photograms, reference this complex character. Never on its own, water contains and transports materials of various sizes and opacity, including sand, seaweed, and sticks. Working with an element of chance, these images capture the pattern of the movement of matter in the break of a wave. Exposing in the UV light of the Sun, this process entwines the material aspect of photography with the ocean and shows the trace of water. 

Sea Change 4 (unique palladium photogram, 11x14")
Sea Change 21 (unique palladium photogram, 11x14")
Sea Change 2 (unique palladium photogram, 11x14")
Sea Change 11* (unique palladium photogram, 11x14")
Sea Change 15 (unique palladium photogram, 11x14")
Sea Change 17 (unique palladium photogram, 11x14")
Sea Change 13 (unique palladium photogram, 11x14")
Sea Change 35 (unique palladium photogram, 11x14")
Sea Change 33 (unique palladium photogram, 11x14")