the center of a chromatogram (if that's the right word for this) is where a sample is first placed but it becomes a blank spot as it is drawn out radially. toxicity only becomes visible or evident in its downstream, down-time after effects.
circle of soil (circle of poison)
I want to know who is the chromatographer? How did she learn how to make these images through this process, and why? Does she teach people in turn? Who are these images intended to be seen and read by?
in contrast to the later images in this series, this one has a dull uniformity to it that I read as sick, but for all I know this is what "healthy" soil is supposed to look like when analyzed in this way. Or it could be that whatever the agrotoxin is, it's evident in the dark blob just outside the blank center (some substance that did not move in the analysis) or in the ring toward the outer edge (a substance that moved the furthest in the analysis). In contrast to the other (prettier) images that are patterned uniformly over the entire circular area, this one is the only one wi
I looked through the string of images and am hoping to keep a running annotation all three of them. They are beautiful. I am not certain what I am looking at, though, and whether this is part of the (analytical) point? Are these images/is this image a kernel of maize? Is it a single soil particle? Is this first image chromatically different from the other three in its muted coloring because of agrotoxins, or are the others that much more "alive" because of the chemicals? The image thus holds me in suspense.
