In Echos of a fold, a laser level is employed to fog photographic paper in the colour darkroom, creating horizontal bands of blue hues. [In photography, ‘fogging’ refers to the partial or complete exposure of light-sensitive materials to unintended light, creating areas of haze, discolouration, or loss of detail in an image. This can occur accidentally or intentionally, and in creative processes, fogging is often used to disrupt photographic clarity, introducing abstraction and emphasising the materiality of the image. In the colour darkroom, fogging also becomes an intentional mark of the hand-printed image, emphasising the physical interaction between light, material, and the artist’s intervention, disrupting the mechanical precision of traditional photographic processes]. 


The minimal, horizon-like bands in Echos of a fold are used to try and recall the visual and spatial disorientation experienced underwater, where light refracts, dissipates, and alters perception. The laser’s precise mechanical light red is transformed into a fluid gesture, mimicking the unpredictable behaviour of light as it interacts with water. Pluta uses this process to emphasise the materiality of light itself, stretching the boundaries of traditional darkroom techniques while aiming to evoke the fragmented, immersive nature of diving.