Humorously titled ‘Over easy’, this work shows an upside down island. It is from Rebecca Ann Hobbs’s series Up with the fall, down on the diagonal, which comprises seven images. The title of the series draws attention to the strange movements taking place in Hobbs’s largely unpopulated landscapes. Each photograph captures an event in mid-flight, with no narrative to make sense of what's happening. Her staged situations turn ordinary scenes into strange out-of-the-ordinary scenarios that make everyday life seem mysterious and random.
(2016)
Chromogenic prints are printed on paper that has at least three emulsion layers containing invisible dyes and silver salts. Each emulsion layer is sensitive to a different primary colour of light (red, green or blue). The development process converts the hidden dyes to visible colour depending on the amount of light it was exposed to. This type of paper is commonly used to print from colour negatives or digital files to produce a full-colour image. It can also be used to print black-and-white images, giving softer grain and less contrast than gelatin silver prints. Commonly known as c-type prints, chromogenic processing was developed in the 1940s and widely used for colour printing, including for domestic snapshots. While recent years have seen this process accompanied by ink-jet and digital printing technologies, chromogenic printing still remains in use to this day.
