Drift Prints

500 pieces of plastic, Agulhas National Park (SA), Atlantic Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56cm

Drift Prints

Many plastics float in and on water. Under the sun’s influence, plastic becomes brittle and disintegrates into ever smaller pieces. Birds and fish mistake these colourful pieces for food, with disastrous consequences. Microplastics also influence the natural workings of plankton, single cell life and water vegetation. In addition, pieces of kerosene, discharged by vessels as a result of cleaning their hulls at sea, wash up on the beach.  
A Drift Print is a cyanotype image of a collection of tiny pieces of plastic or kerosene, grouped by place of collection.

500 pieces of plastic, Agulhas National Park (SA), Atlantic Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56cm


Many plastics float in and on water. Under the sun’s influence, plastic becomes brittle and disintegrates into ever smaller pieces. Birds and fish mistake these colourful pieces for food, with disastrous consequences. Microplastics also influence the natural workings of plankton, single cell life and water vegetation. In addition, pieces of kerosene, discharged by vessels as a result of cleaning their hulls at sea, wash up on the beach.  
A Drift Print is a cyanotype image of a collection of tiny pieces of plastic or kerosene, grouped by place of collection.

500 pieces of plastic, Coney Island (USA), Atlantic Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

Drift Prints

500 pieces of plastic, Coney Island (USA), Atlantic Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

500 pieces of plastic, Revere Beach (USA), Atlantic Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

Drift Prints

500 pieces of plastic, Revere Beach (USA), Atlantic Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

500 pieces of plastic, Flushing (NL), North Sea #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

Drift Prints

500 pieces of plastic, Flushing (NL), North Sea #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

500 pieces of plastic, Wijk aan Zee (NL), North Sea #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

Drift Prints

500 pieces of plastic, Wijk aan Zee (NL), North Sea #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

500 pieces of plastic, Witsand (SA), Indian Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

Drift Prints

500 pieces of plastic, Witsand (SA), Indian Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

500 pieces of kerosene, Wijk aan Zee (NL), North Sea #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

Drift Prints

500 pieces of kerosene, Wijk aan Zee (NL), North Sea #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

500 pieces of plastic Playa Kanoa, Curacao, Caribbean Sea #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

Drift Prints

500 pieces of plastic Playa Kanoa, Curacao, Caribbean Sea #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

500 pieces of plastic De Mond Nature Reserve #1, Indian Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm

Drift Prints

500 pieces of plastic De Mond Nature Reserve #1, Indian Ocean #1, 2018 Cyanotype, 73 x 56 cm