*The Glyph of Speckles* is a series of photograms investigating the historical pursuit of mechanical objectivity in documenting reality through photographic processes. The work utilizes the cyanotype process, an early technique from the mid–19th century that was subsequently used for reproducing technical drawings, or blueprints.
The series begins with a single photogram, which then serves as the point of departure for successive prints in a self-referential loop. As the process unfolds, the material introduces artifacts visible in each subsequent photogram—speckles. The artifacts become integrated, and ultimately merge with the original image, highlighting the agency of the photographic material in its capacity to capture reality.
The work is informed by the historical figure of Anna Atkins, a significant contributor to early cyanotype photography, known for her documentation of algae in Victorian Britain. Atkins's practice exemplifies the contributions of women to science from the fringes of the discipline, as her work has often been viewed through the lens of handicraft and overshadowed in historicity. By exploring the materiality of the cyanotype alongside its epistemological connotations—how the cyanotype interfaces with knowledge creation—this work suggests that scientific knowledge is neither impartial nor neutral.

# Presented at
- 𓇻 Upcoming 𓇻 *FemTech + Feminist Tech Exhibition* in Reaktorhallen KTH (Stockholm, SE) in June 2025