An Open-Sky Photographic Lab

The starting point of this series is a set of photographs taken by the artist in some of the oldest stone quarries in Turkey.
Each image is first printed using a traditional analog process: the chromogenic print, or C-print. The prints are then brought back to the very sites where they were originally made and placed directly onto the ground. Fragments of marble or stone, found in the surrounding landscape, are laid on top of the prints, which are then left exposed to the elements for periods ranging from three to twelve months.
Because of their delicate chemical composition, the prints begin to alter. Under extreme heat and arid conditions, the unprotected areas fade, while dust settles and traces of natural life gradually reclaim the surface.
Through this process, Mandry continues to explore the limits of photography, addressing time, chance, and transformation in an uncompromising collaboration with Nature.