The 6 images you see to the right are "time lapse" images of the sun tracking through the sky over weeks to months! They are solargraphs, and were made with pinhole cameras that were fixed into place, looking at the southern sky (northern hemisphere) for these very long exposures. Enduring all kinds of weather, the cameras dutifully etched their images onto light-sensitive photographic paper. No darkroom processing is done, as the negative image is present on the emulsion, straight out of the camera.
Each negative is then digitally scanned, and then processed in a photo editor to invert to a positive image. The image must not have more exposure to light beyond this scan, unless it is chemically fixed to prevent further reaction with light.
Perhaps the world would look this surreal if we humans were capable of this time lapse perception. Hooray for the pinhole camera, which can produce these solargraphs, and give us a taste of the otherworldliness in our world!
Please feel free to email me with any questions about the photographs you see here.
Keep scrolling to the right to view the photographs.
Peeking out from a dead tree trunk
paint can camera, 12-day exposure, January, 2009
3 Months of Sunrises
paint can camera, January-March, 2009
Spying the Sun (hidden at the park in the leaves and grass)
tomato paste can camera, 1-month exposure, January 23- February 21, 2010
Solstice to Solstice
paint can camera
6-month exposure, December 21, 2009-June 21, 2010
Decomposing Under The Sun
pumpkin camera, 1 month exposure
November 18-December 21, 2009
Waiting till Summertime
paint can camera, 5-month exposure
January 30-June 21, 2009