: This archaic process uses plant-based dyes that remain light-sensitive, meaning the final image is eventually effaced by sunlight.
Albers uses several artistic examples to highlight how visibility is often conditional: The Night Albums: Visibility and the Ephemeral ...
By studying images that disappear, Albers suggests we can better understand our own saturated visual culture. Ephemerality is not a "glitch" but a central through-line that connects the "protracted hesitancies" of photography’s birth to the precarious, networked digital era we live in today. : This archaic process uses plant-based dyes that