: Rather than a fixed material object, Albers reinterprets the photograph as a participatory, "fleeting experience".
Contrary to the traditional view of photography as the "art of fixing a shadow" for eternity, Albers argues that —the quality of being fleeting or short-lived—is actually a foundational condition of the medium.
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 remain light-sensitive, meaning the final image is eventually effaced by sunlight.
