Spanish artist Alumdena Romera is turning a wheat farm into a work of art with the help of the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE). Romera is creating “farming photographs” using two-hectare farm fields as her canvas. The photos are made of wheat pixels that grow into varying shades of green. From above, they come together as full pictures. Una joven artista española hace la fotografía más grande del mundo La fotógrafa descendiente de agricultores Almudena Romero crea la imagen de un ojo, del tamaño de una hectárea, en un campo de trigo https://t.co/JFXUMjU31x— La Voz de Galicia (@lavozdegalicia) February 7, 2026 “Coming from a family of sustainable orange farmers in Valencia, I have always been aware of the importance of how we do things as much as what we do, particularly in the context of the current environmental crisis,” she told Positive News. “With Farming Photographs, I feel I have come full circle, making my photographic practice more sustainable by allowing images to emerge through light and plant growth.” Romera Uses Plants as Her Medium This year, Romera is growing a photo of an eye, and it will be fully “developed” this spring. This isn’t the only way she has used flora and fauna as her medium. She’s also printed photos onto delicate leaves and other plants, sometimes using only light. “I wanted to see what photography could become if it worked with living systems rather than industrial processes,” she noted. “The landscape becomes both the medium and the message.” The best part is that the art piece will come full circle following its big debut. Once it’s fully grown and ready to harvest, it will be milled into flour in what INRAE researcher Claire Manceau calls “a meeting of art and ecology that shows how creativity can reconnect us with the land.” This story’s featured image is by Geography Photos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.