A solargraph is a very long exposure pinhole photograph. In the image, the path of the sun (just a little different each day) is visible as a bright curved line, one for each day of the exposure.
95 day solargraph taken from Hunterdon Art Museum
After my first batch of solargraph cameras in early 2015 made some interesting images, I decided to place many more cameras throughout Hunterdon County during the fall and winter of 2015-2016. The exposure times will be about three months – from equinox to winter solstice or vice versa. Right now I am making the cameras, and will place them in mid-September, as close to the autumnal equinox as I can manage. The images that come from them will form a portrait of our local landscape: towns and countryside, historic and everyday places. The cameras will be labelled with #HunterdonSolargraphs and this web address. I'd love your input – if you have a place that needs a very slow photograph made, drop me a line through the contact page.
More words about solargraphs, here.
