Meghann Riepenhoff*

Lot #60
For Anna, Vol. II, Plate 12, 2016
Unique Dynamic Cyanotype, Algae, and Shoreline Debris
12 x 9 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco

About the Artwork

Meghann Riepenhoff (Headlands Affiliate Artist ‘12-’15) creates her camera-less cyanotypes in collaboration with the landscape and the ocean, at the edges of both. Papers coated with homemade cyanotype emulsion are draped along the shore, across branches, or under snow. Rain, waves, wind, and sediment leave physical inscriptions through direct contact with the photographic materials. The works in Riepenhoff’s Littoral Drift series—a geologic term describing the action of wind-driven waves transporting sand and gravel—stem from her fascination with the nature of our relationships to the landscape, the sublime, time, and impermanence. Photochemically, the pieces are never wholly processed, and will continue to slowly respond to the changing environments that they encounter over time. Riepenhoff’s work has been featured widely and is held in public collections including SFMOMA; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, among others. She is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Riepenhoff’s first monograph, Littoral Drift + Ecotone, was published by Radius Books in 2018; her forthcoming monograph, Ice, with text by Rebecca Solnit, will be published by Radius Books in Fall 2021.

Retail Value: $3,500