Dianna Wells

BACKYARD GRASSLAND

Backyard Grassland is a series / assemblage of sustainable, low-impact photographic cyanotype and anthotype prints. In an inner-city courtyard and carport – transformed into an herbarium and biolab – climate adaptable, native grassland plants are cultivated, arranged and photographed with existing exotic plants. Using nineteenth-century photographic processes and referencing the depiction of plants and landscape in historical photographic works, Wells promotes a sustainable pathway for photography and advocates for the survival of our threatened native plant communities and ecosystems.