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Insights into cyanotype art, historical processes, and contemporary applications

Flagstaff-based artist Cory Woodall has been selected for the Arizona State Parks Artist Residency Program, hosted at Patagonia Lake State Park and presented in collaboration with Arizona State Parks and Trails and the Arizona Commission on the Arts. During the three-week residency, Cory will continue her exploration of the historic cyanotype process.…

What is a Cyanotype?
2025-07-12·4 min read

The medium of cyanotype is a photographic one, created with a careful mixture of light sensitive chemicals coated onto a support surface and exposed to ultraviolet light, leaving behind areas of light and dark—shadows, essentially. This shadow-fixing process is the basis of all non-digital photography since its invention in 1839.…