Dear SuperForest,
It’s been months since Jackson’s legendary Michel Bayard pinhole camera post and being that SuperForest is such a fan of pinhole photographs, I thought it was only appropriate to share this stunning project with you all.
Ladies and gents, I present to you, solargraphy!!!
Solargraphs are long exposure photographs taken with a lensless pinhole camera used to record the invisible movements of the sun in landscapes. What’s even more breathtaking than the resulting image is the process by which it is created. Nowadays, most of us are used to having a photograph capture a single moment, but with solargraphy, due to the extremely long exposure time (usually anywhere ranging from a day to months) these images can show us the things that are impossible to see with the naked eye.
For example, the image above is a six month exposure of Helsinki taken with a homemade pinhole camera positioned from a balcony. Each day, the sun left a new track in the sky and the peak was reached at around midsummer in the northern hemisphere. Awesome!
Here comes the fun part. The photographer that captured that image, Tarja Trygg, has started this epic project that attempts to create a world map by using solargraphs! Assistants around the world have placed pinhole cameras at different latitudes and the gallery can be seen here!
And so, the humble pinhole camera continues to amaze and mystify!
Love always,
Carla
P.S. To learn how to make your own pinhole camera, click here! I made one a while ago…and I’m just realizing I have yet to take a picture with it.
(via the always nice, It’s Nice That)
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