Solargraphy

Solargraphy is a very primitive and simple technique to take extremely long exposure photos of the Sun's movement. To make this possible you need a pinhole camera made from a lightproof can or box, a sheet of light sensitive photo paper and a tiny hole instead of a lens. Then the camera is placed somewhere in the city away from curious eyes and being kept up to 6 months (sometimes even longer). Later the exposed sheet of paper is taken from the camera in a dark room and scanned as a negative. Surprisingly the resulting images are color even when a monochrome photo paper is used. During the exposure movement of the Sun is fixed (bright lines). From the photograph you can even tell what days were cloudy – short cuts in the Sun-traced lines are made by clouds covering the Sun.

  • Exposure: 2011.07.02 - 2012.01.08 (190 days)

    Location: Maciuičiai, Lithuania

  • Exposure: 2011.06.27 - 2011.12.23 (179 days)

    Location: Kaunas, Lithuania

  • Exposure: 2011.06.27 - 2011.12.23 (179 days)

    Location: Kaunas, Lithuania

  • Exposure: 2011.06.17 - 2011.11.15 (151 days)

    Location: Göteborg, Sweden

  • Exposure: 2011.06.29 - 2011.11.12 (136 days)

    Location: Kaunas, Lithuania

  • Exposure: 2010.07.08 - 2011.07.06 (363 days)

    Location: Klaipeda, Lithuania

  • Exposure: 2011.04.03 - 2011.05.03 (31 days)

    Location: Breda, The Netherlands

  • Exposure: 2011.03.08 - 2011.05.02 (55 days)

    Location: Tilburg, The Netherlands

  • Exposure: 2011.03.27 - 2011.05.01 (35 days)

    Location: Luxembourg

  • Exposure: 2011.03.20 - 2011.04.26 (37 days)

    Location: Tilburg, The Netherlands

  • Exposure: 2011.02.28 - 2011.03.28 (28 days)

    Location: Tilburg, The Netherlands

  • Exposure: 2010.03.08 - 2010.06.07 (91 days)

    Location: Jönköping, Sweden

  • Exposure: 2010.04.03 - 2010.06.05 (63 days)

    Location: Linköping, Sweden

  • Exposure: 2010.03.18 - 2010.05.22 (65 days)

    Location: Jönköping, Sweden

  • Exposure: 2010.03.18 - 2010.05.22 (65 days)

    Location: Jönköping, Sweden

  • Exposure: 2010.04.23 - 2010.06.07 (45 days)

    Location: Jönköping, Sweden

  • Exposure: 2010.04.03 - 2010.06.06 (64 days)

    Location: Linköping, Sweden

  • Exposure: 2010.03.07 - 2010.04.15 (39 days)

    Location: Jönköping, Sweden

  • Exposure: 2010.03.20 - 2010.04.07 (18 days)

    Location: Jönköping, Sweden

  • Exposure: 2010.03.27 - 2010.05.17 (51 days)

    Location: Jönköping, Sweden