LISSY ALTA
SDQ/JFK
“Lissy Alta’s series Take Only What You Need confronts the abuse, commodification, and waste of natural resources, specifically herbs, by the agriculture industry. Alta mimics the process of growing herbs through the use of the Van Dyke printing process, which involves the use of ferric ammonium citrate, silver nitrate, tartaric acid to create a light-sensitive emulsion, which can then be applied to a surface and exposed to light to create direct contact prints. Alta’s process relies on sunlight, much like the herbs in the photographs.
The Van Dyke process results in rich, warm, brown tones and an image removed from time, highlighting the impact of food waste, over-consumption, and supermarket culture.”
-En Foco
Exhibitions:
- 2021 - Take Only What You Need, Alterwork Studios, Queens, NY (solo)
- 2021 - Under Our Feet As Above Our Heads, Revival Romanesque Rowhouse Gallery, Bronx, NY
- 2021 - Secret Fire, Gallery Petite, Brooklyn, NY
Van Dyke Brown prints on Cold Pressed Arches Paper
15” x 22”