2023-2025
cyanotype series

Algas is a culmination of my days spent on the northern coast of Portugal collaborating with the sun, wind, water, and earth. Twice a week, between late spring and early fall, I visited the same beaches to forage algae and capture their movement using the cyanotype photographic process. I followed the tide charts and wind patterns to find optimal days to forage, expose and develop work outdoors. This practice was just as much for my mental health as it was an art form—by de-centering myself I saw other life forms with reverence. Through this ritual, I observed the cyclical movement of the sea and cyclical human-environmental interactions that result in coastal pollution, environmental exploitation and resilience, and human diversion. Algas shifts focus from documentation to capturing the essence of movement and transformation in marine flora. Rather than categorizing, I sought to express their ephemeral dances in water— their transient beauty.