Cyanoprints can also be called by other names, like sungraphs, shadegraphs and, of course, blueprints.

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The term “blueprint” is no accident: each cyanoprint is a natural code that automatically records various conditions, such as weather and light, and the energy in the time and place when it was created.

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A print as unique as a fingerprint – no two are alike the world over.

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An organic barcode.

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As for the symbolism of the labluelab logo – the eye – it was a protective element in antiquity: the ancient triremes had an eye painted on their prows “to find the way through the waves.” On the Attic eye cups (kylixes) of the 6th century BC, the eyes painted on them probably referred to popular beliefs in the “evil eye” and protection against malign influences or were simply a warning to the users of those cups about the loss of consciousness that comes with imbibing too much wine (the two-handled kylix was the main vessel used by the ancients at symposia) - just as the warning on cigarette packets nowadays.

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In labluelab,  I use the eye on works where the image is taken from my photo archives, from my Out of the Blues collection.

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In some works, however, the eye functions as an element of identity and as certificate of authenticity, which, as appears in the first photograph, records: 1) the date the photo was taken; 2) the location where the photo was taken – based on the international IATA code used for airports (PMA for Palermo); 3) the date the cyanoprint was developed (23/01/20122); 4) the place the cyanoprint was developed (ATH for Athens); and  5) the time the final work was exposed to light (15.25 Greenwich mean time).

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This is the identity card of each work.

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In addition, every genuine work bears my signature and embossed stamp (as shown in the second photograph).