Botanical Blues

In this immersive Cyanotype Workshop participants will create their own botanical prints using cyanotype—a historic photographic technique first used in the 19th century to document plant specimens.
We'll begin with a look at the origins of cyanotype, pioneered by botanist Anna Atkins, who created the very first botanical prints with this vivid blue process.

Guided step-by-step, participants will coat, arrange, and develop their prints using specimens collected the day before, blending art, science, and nature’s beauty in one inspiring session.
Perfect for anyone interested in botanical art, history, and photography!

About the facilitator:
In 2007, while pursuing his doctorate in mathematics at Princeton university, USA, Chaitanya Guttikar first encountered platinum-palladium prints during a gallery visit in New York. It was love at first sight.
He has been exploring and researching cyanotypes, platinum-palladium and other alternative processes ever since.
In May 2010, he left his professor job at University of Miami to return to India and became the technical director of the Goa Center for Alternative photography (Goa-CAP).
He now works as a mathematician, writer and cinematographer based in Pune.