Anna Barriball

Anna Barriball uses old found photos and then manipulates them. She uses soap and ink to blow bubbles on the photographs creating some really interesting effects.

I fell in love with an image of two people standing together, Barriball had then blown a ink bubble around their heads, reminiscent to me of astronauts or aliens. I really liked the idea of playful manipulation and making an image appear in a different way. 

The images below are from old family negatives. I played around with the developer to create the effects. The first image is on slightly fogged paper, but I felt this gave the image a sort of sepia look. I smeared, splashed and painted with the developer exploring the different effects that could be created.

This is something I want to play around and explore further.