Plant Based Developers

2025 - ongoing


Ongoing journal of exposures with plant-based photographic developers created using household ingredients and plant extracts.


October 2025


40g Trader Joe’s $5 flower bouquet extract boiled with 400 ml water for 30 mins
mixed with 5g vitamin c and 20g washing soda
total 400 ml solution, arista edu 400 b&w film
drop test confirmed 45 mins of dev time
film came out too dense - possible overdevelopment
possible error in drop test or maybe solution wasn’t optimum temperature ~25 C


February  2026


5g vitamin c + 20 g washing soda + compost extract
arista 400 b&w