In my cyanotype series Marginal Landscapes, I explore the fragile, ephemeral marginalia left by anonymous readers on the printed page. The creation of these delicate contact prints—made by placing books and pages directly onto sensitized paper and exposing them to sunlight—echoes the ephemeral nature of the printed book itself, suggesting its fading relevance in our digital age.

The prints derive their power from the interplay between thoughtful commentary, underlined passages, dots, stars, and other markings as they interact with some of the greatest literature ever created. Many pages have been written on repeatedly, transforming them into palimpsests—surfaces where multiple readers have left their traces, creating new meanings through accumulated dialogue with the text.

Drawing from a vast archive of hundreds of examples I have been building since 2008, the series transforms these intimate traces left by readers into ghostly blue impressions that echo the fragility of both marginalia and the medium itself.