Solargraph by Heather Palecek

How to capture time with a Solargraph

Solargraphy is an alternative pinhole photography process that records the sun’s movement across the sky over extremely long exposures – from a single day to several years. Heather Palecek, artist and author of Intro to Solargraphy shares the method. The result is a striking record of time passing: glowing arcs of sunlight combined with only those elements that remained still throughout the exposure. Writer and photography / Heather Palecek “Solargraphy … Read more

Sefie taken by Heather Palecek's with her strainer pinhole camera.

Building a pinhole camera from found objects

Heard of the Thrifted Pinhole Challenge? Heather Palecek is running an event where pinheads are invited to build pinhole cameras from found objects, we had to find out why, when and how. Writer and photography / Heather Palecek What is the Thrifted Pinhole Challenge? Heather Palecek: The competition involves people going to a thrift store on or around August 17th to purchase something unique and turn it into a camera, … Read more