Peter Cochrane

He creates each image to tell a story about a given plant, flower, or cultural moment involving botany. In his recent series, The Magician Longs to See, color abstractions are made by burning specific plant matter onto color-sensitive darkroom paper, and by changing the color of the flame to bring reds, blues, and greens from the paper. They become ghostly traces of life that once lived, now memorialized through darkroom chemistry. Through his current work, Cochrane sheds light on our ancient and continuous relationship with botanical life.