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Fede Ruiz Santesteban The Gifts of the Garden

When the Uruguayan artist Fede Ruiz Santesteban [ @fede_ruiz_santesteban @espaciohiedra ] first began experimenting with sustainable photographic processes he had just become a father for the first time. Almost without him thinking about it, his first prints were of my new son, Valentín. When Valentín was two years old, he asked his father about the leaves that bore an image of his face. Light-heartedly, he replied: “it is the garden thanking you for looking after it”. And for Valentín, who found the whole world full of wonder, it seemed quite natural that these were the little gifts of the garden.

These images were made using the naturally occurring properties of plants in his garden. There are none of the chemicals or inks commonly associated with photography. These methods simply harness the way certain leaves and petals react in sunlight. While Fede Ruiz Santesteban began with a process invented in the early 1840s, he has since undertaken extensive experimentation, developing new ways in which plants may be used to create images in an ecologically sustainable way.

In his interview with Talking Pictures Online, Fede Ruiz Santesteban speaks about his gently poetic work, the sustainable photographic techniques that underpin it, and the community school he runs where he now teaches these skills to others.