The Sustainable Darkroom// Experiencing Landscapes Through Anthropology and Experimental Photography

The London Alternative Photography Collective invite you to a talk which discusses how cultural conceptions of climate change can be understood through the lens of experimental photography. We will explore the relationships between the materiality of photography and landscape and discuss the ways in which in nature not only informs the visual content of photography, but becomes part of the process of image-making.
How can experimental photographic processes be used to understand cultural conceptions of climate change? How are climate change discourses received or rejected?
How can photography adapt to different spaces or exist as a form of camouflage? What are the narratives held within photography's materiality?
Speakers:
Ramona Güntert, (b. 1989) is a German artist based in London. Her practice looks at forms and shapes within nature which are mimicked by bodies of human and animals. She uses the medium of photography, challenging its existence in print and exploring different material conditions. Her work is constantly transforming and adapting to different spaces, just like camouflage, which emphasises the relationship between the body and its environment but also attempts to question what lies in-between these spaces. These images appear in layers, becoming the skin of the space.
Her work was exhibited in group shows at COOP UNSEEN with London Alternative Photography Collective and as part of Parallel Platform she was exhibiting at Format Festival, Derby, Triennale der Photographie, Hamburg, Landskronafoto, and Organ Vida, Zagreb. She worked in collaborations with other artists as part of Peckham 24 and Irruptive Chora at Chalton Gallery in London. Her work was featured in Der Greif, Tjejland, Skin and Blister, Photomonitor and nominated for the Magnum Graduate Award 2017 and part of the Fotomuseum Plattform, Winterthur 2019.
www.ramonaguntert.com
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Alice Cazenave (b. 1990) is a photographer working in plant-based and experimental processes. She is undertaking a PhD in Visual Anthropology at Goldsmiths. Her research project explores how threatening and changing ecologies in Meghalaya, north-east India, are affecting cultural identity amongst the Khasi community. She is interested in environmental and visual sovereignty, and works at the intersection of experimental photography and anthropology. Her project uses collaborative, experimental approaches to look at how art can be used in the production of ethnographic knowledge. Her photographic experiments in pelargonium printing have been featured in The British Journal of Photography, The Guardian and as part of an artbook: PLANT: Exploring The Botanical World. She has also been published in the New York Times and has taken part in exhibitions in the UK and abroad. She is currently resident tutor at Koppel Projects, developing workshops which embrace sustainable photographic practice.
www.alice.cazenave.co.uk
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Dr Flora Mary Bartlett is a photographer and visual anthropologist based in Stockholm. She works with alternative photographic processes in her research on landscape, climate change, and place in Northern Sweden. She is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, where she also received her PhD in 2020.
www.florabartlett.com
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