La Fleur du Soleil
Barbara Goodbody, La Fleur du Soleil # 1-12, 1983, Mordancage silver print, 8.5 x 11.5 inches
In 1983Barbara studied in Paris, France with Jean Pierre Sudre (1921 - 1997). Sudre was the creator of the mordançage process and brought it to popularity in the 1960s. Mordancage is based on a late 19th-century photographic process known as etch-bleach. This procedure allows the artist to manipulate their images by altering the tonality of the print which gives the image the appearance of veils. Each photograph becomes one of a kind.