Glitter Palm

A solitary palm suspended in saturated sky, transformed through experimental analog techniques into something otherworldly. Created using film soup—an analog process involving controlled chemical reactions with unexpected materials—this piece demonstrates how experimental photographic intervention can transcend documentary photography.

The film soup technique produces unrepeatable chemical transformations across the negative, creating the luminous, cosmic textures visible throughout this image. These effects emerge from physical interactions between exposed film and experimental chemical mixtures, generating visual qualities impossible to reproduce digitally or duplicate exactly even with identical processes.

From the Palm Abstractions collection, where familiar tropical forms become vehicles for experimental color and chemical transformation.