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KELP!
Picking your way through huge piles of kelp that have washed up on shore after a big swell is a common sight for most Californian beachgoers. Our coastline is home to over twenty different species, which provide refuge, nutrition, clean air, and the occasional foot or fin trap for all coastal inhabitants. Yet pollution, over-fishing, sediment deposits from urbanization and fires, bigger storms and warmer waters are beginning to decimate these kelp forests.
In traditional analog processes, potassium bromide is typically used to restrain fogging during the developing process, producing cleaner highlights and finer grain in images. As bromide is also an abundant material in seawater and seaweed, using a seaweed extraction in place of KBr can mimic the same effects, reducing fog and preserving grain.
Ilford 400 on 35mm
Processed using lemon peels and kelp