Solargraphy

Solargraphy is an alternative photographic process that records the sun’s path across the sky over days, weeks, and months using custom-built pinhole cameras and light-sensitive black and white photo paper. As the Earth shifts through the seasons, the solar arcs gradually change. Cloud cover leaves interruptions, gaps, and faint traces.

What emerges are vivid, gestural photographs shaped by both intention and unpredictability. Colour shifts result from extreme exposure and the paper's chemistry. Moisture, temperature, and occasional intrusions such as dirt, mould, or insects can alter the surface in unexpected ways. Part art, part science, part chaos, every solargraph is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between nature, artist, and time.

Influenced by the Buddhist concept of anicca, the understanding that all things are impermanent, my work embraces change not as loss, but as a generative force. In solargraphy, impermanence is not only a subject. It is an active participant in the image-making process.

The medium requires patience and surrender. Unlike conventional photography, it asks you to relinquish control and yield to whatever time reveals. Solargraphy uncovers patterns that normally remain outside everyday perception, yet arise from forces that shape daily life: weather, season, and the movement of the sun.

Each solargraph is a singular expression of time that can never be repeated. It holds within it everything that happened under the sun during its long exposure.

Limited edition archival prints are available. Click any image for edition details and print inquiries.