Named after the cameraless photographic experiments developed by William Henry Fox Talbot in the early nineteenth century, “photogenic drawings” (now better known as sun-printing) is part of a broader family of alternative and historical photographic processes creating images through direct contact between an object and light-sensitive coated paper. Lumen printing involves directly using darkroom paper, as opposed to cyanotype or vandyke, which are liquid solutions coated on paper. 

Each card is created by placing an orchid on the paper before exposing the surface to sunlight. Once removed, the bloom leaves a colorful trace that remains intentionally unfixed, meaning the image will shift in color and progressively fade away as it is exposed to UV rays. This is not a design flaw, but essential to the work. While the Polaroid format of the card alludes further to the role of memory in photography, and photography in memory, the orchids are symbolic ways to pay homage to the queer lives we have lost and erased.