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"Go-Devil" Cyanotype
1media/PXL_20240726_122515810_Original_thumb.jpeg2024-07-29T15:45:15+00:00Kaitlyn Kruemmel0a153eb39146d15efe47af276d0ace56ce3b621c13The cyanotype that I made in a workshop led by Warren Cariou, Canadian author and artist.plain2024-08-02T14:31:31+00:0040.030069444444,-75.314963888889Kaitlyn Kruemmel0a153eb39146d15efe47af276d0ace56ce3b621c
I double-exposed two photos from the coal mine to create my composition. The rigging in the top photo reminded me of a cross, so I decided to go with a theme that played off of religious iconography. The importance of religion in the cultures of coal mining communities was something that we focused on quite a bit in our "Narrative Afterlives" class. My cyanotype shows the differing perspectives of coal seeming like a good resource on the surface, with its ability to power civilizations, but its extraction being destructive/evil to the earth as represented by the "Go-Devil" sign. Although the "Go-Devil" is just a machine used to transport coal, the name has an ominous connotation. Kaitlyn Kruemmel
