My pho­to­gra­phic pro­ject ex­plo­res the his­to­ry of plants that were brought to Eu­ro­pe du­ring the co­lo­ni­al pe­ri­o­d—par­ti­cu­la­r­ly to the Bo­ta­ni­cal Gar­den La Con­cep­ción in Mála­ga. I am in­te­res­ted in how these plants esta­blis­hed them­sel­ves in a new cli­ma­te, how they be­ca­me sym­bols of power, know­led­ge, and de­sire, and which tra­ces of co­lo­ni­al mo­ve­ment they still carry into Eu­ro­pean gar­dens today.

Dra­wing on my own pho­to­gra­phic and bo­ta­ni­cal ar­chi­ve ma­te­ri­al, I aim to make the pa­thways and sto­ries of these plants vi­si­ble through cya­no­types, maps, print se­ries, and text frag­ments.