The first color photography processes were devised in the 1840s—by John Herschel with contributions from Mary Somerville—and it was plants that provided the answer to the latest innovation in art making. Almudena Romero has made it her life’s work to continue Herschel and Somerville’s research by not only using plant-based materials across the photographic process but also by printing directly onto plants. She creates ephemeral, performance-based artworks using all-natural resources and processes. In turn, she questions the art world’s participation in systems of accumulation, disposal and extraction in the age of climate crisis.
Stories with Almudena Romero