Solarigraphy is a concept and a photographic practice based on the observation of the sun path in the sky and its effect on the landscape, captured by a specific procedure that combines pinhole photog
Solarigraph with the sun paths between July 2018 and May 2019 in a street at Valladolid, Spain
Situation of a solarigraphic camera, a can, stuck to a building to obtain the upper photo
A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens but with a tiny aperture —effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through the aperture and projects an
Solarigraphy
…of the sun path in the sky (different in each place on the Earth) and its effect on the landscape, captured by a specific procedure that combines pinhole photography and digital processing. Invented around 2000, solarigraphy uses photographic paper without chemical processing, a pinhole camera and a scanner to create…
A camera with home-made pinhole application
A fire hydrant photographed by a pinhole camera made from a shoe box, exposed on photographic paper to create the negative image (top). The positive image (bottom) was created digitally from the negative image. The length of the exposure was 40 seconds. There is noticeable flaring in the bottom-right corner of the image, likely due to extraneous light entering the camera box.
A home-made pinhole camera (on the left), wrapped in black plastic to prevent light leaks, and related developing supplies
An example of a 20-minute exposure taken with a pinhole camera