On the Memory of Ice: An Interview with Jonathan Marquis by Kathy Kasic

When I discovered Jonathan Marquis’s cameraless photographic work, I found myself entranced. As a filmmaker primarily focused on environmental documentary narratives, I often record digital images of a world I fear we are losing. Perhaps especially because camera electronics transform light and dark shapes into digital pixels, I try to make my images as tactile and sensory as possible so that we may become within a place. Jonathan Marquis’s cyanotype series, _Downwaste_, created in Glacier National Park, raises questions about photography, time, place, and agency as the climate changes and the glaciers melt. I had the good fortune to spend some time interviewing him about his work. What follows is our discussion.