Rendering seasonal change on Newtown Creek through cyanotypes, I approach the Creek as an artistic collaborator. Using light and water sensitive cyanotype paper to trace melting ice droplets, snowflakes, and the receding tide, I hope to pay homage to our ever evolving cycles and Newtown Creeks perpetual, triumphant flows.
The Big Melt, three 8×10 cyanotypes on archival paper of melting ice fragments overlayed, made on February 17, 2026 (Lunar New Year). Receding Tide in February Blizzard, diptych of two scanned 8×10 cyanotypes on archival paper made as the tide receded at 2:40pm in the February 22, 2026 blizzard.February Blizzard, triptych of three scanned 8×10 cyanotypes on archival paper made during the February 22, 2026 blizzard.
Lucy Jackson 