Heat Processed: Man in Landscape

Lucinda Bunnen’s experimentation with photographic processes was evident in some of her earliest important images. Heat Processed: Man in Landscape, 1973 is an outstanding example of her willingness to break with convention even by heating the photographic paper during development. In this photograph and Horse and Moth, 1970-75, her manipulation of color, tone, and positive and negative images radically rework the images in a distinctly photographic manner. At other times Bunnen used collage techniques such as her Mandala: Pink Dogwoods, 1970-75. Other experiments included use of infrared film in Rocks and directing a model for dramatic effect in Shrouded Figure. Her new digital print of Points of Light is a recent example of her ongoing experimentation with new technologies.