[Alt-photo] Re: 7 Month 25 Day Solargraph Exposure

Sat May 4 00:03:15 UTC 2013

With Solargraphy you essentially setup a pinhole camera in a location (usually facing the sun so you can record it's path) and the come get it after several months (upwards of 6+months).  

Opening up or checking your exposure will ruin the process much the same as it would just taking photo paper out of the package.

Also the image can never really be fixed as it will bleach out the print.  Exposure to further light will also degrade the image (even the scanner light)

On May 3, 2013, at 6:40 PM, Jack Fulton <jefulton1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> . . . . and, Francesco, did, at any time during this long exposure, di you look at it?
> Secondly, how did you finalize the process?
> Thanks
> Jack
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On May 3, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Francesco Fragomeni <fdfragomeni at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Just a standard pinhole poked with the tip of a pin into a piece of
>> aluminum weather proofing tape. No attempt was made to make the hole any
>> smaller then it would be for a normal pinhole as the diameter of the hole
>> and subsequent exposure measurements don't matter with solargraph
>> exposures. The phenomenon occurs because of drastic overexposure. You just
>> set the thing up and wait however long you want to wait. The beauty of this
>> is that there is essentially no such thing as a wrong exposure.
>> 
>> -Francesco
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Jack Fulton <jefulton1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Indeed, the whole thing is a curious phenomenon and is linked to the Lumen
>>> prints I'd guess.
>>> The colors are what surprised me. So, if the exposure was for 7 months,
>>> the entrance hole
>>> must've been extremely small. Do you know how you made it or what the size
>>> was?
>>> Jack
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On May 3, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Francesco Fragomeni <fdfragomeni at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It was made with photo-paper. I'm actually unsure what paper it was
>>> exactly
>>>> as I pulled it out of a mixed box of old loose paper scrap that I'd
>>>> collected so it could be anything. I wasn't convinced that it would
>>>> actually work so I didn't spend much time thinking about it. That's a
>>> shame
>>>> now as I'd like to know exactly what paper it was too. I can tell you
>>> that
>>>> it was RC but that's about it.
>>>> 
>>>> -Francesco
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Ravene at gmail.com <ravene at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I''m curious... Was that photo paper or film? Also what kind?
>>>>> 
>>>>> It seems similar to the changes that happen with lumen prints?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On May 3, 2013, at 8:06 AM, Francesco Fragomeni <fdfragomeni at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi George,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The actual color negative was quite faint but after scanning and then
>>>>>> inverting and applying basic auto contrast and auto color in Photoshop,
>>>>>> that's what was produced. I was quite surprised with the level of color
>>>>>> accuracy.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Francesco
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:27 AM, George L Smyth <glsmyth at yahoo.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Francesco -
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Very cool, I don't know that I have seen a solargraph with those
>>>>>>> particular colors before.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers -
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> george
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------
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>>>>>>> Handmade Photographic Images: http://www.GLSmyth.com
>>>>>>> Blog: http://GLSmyth.wordpress.com
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --- On Sun, 4/28/13, Francesco Fragomeni <fdfragomeni at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> From: Francesco Fragomeni <fdfragomeni at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> Subject: [Alt-photo] 7 Month 25 Day Solargraph Exposure
>>>>>>>> To: "The alternative photographic processes mailing list" <
>>>>>>> alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
>>>>>>>> Date: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 1:33 PM
>>>>>>>> Thought some here might find this
>>>>>>>> interesting. I'd read some things about
>>>>>>>> solargraphy a while back and late last year I decided to
>>>>>>>> give it a try. It
>>>>>>>> was successful so now I plan to use it for a project that I
>>>>>>>> have in mind.
>>>>>>>> Exciting stuff.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Here is a link to my newly finished solargraph. For those
>>>>>>>> who don't know,
>>>>>>>> this is a type of pinhole photograph created via an
>>>>>>>> ultra-long exposure. In
>>>>>>>> this case, the exposure lasted 7 months and 25 days from
>>>>>>>> September 2, 2012
>>>>>>>> to April 27, 2013. The camera survived and recorded through
>>>>>>>> Hurricane
>>>>>>>> Sandy, which despite causing tens of billions of dollars in
>>>>>>>> damage across
>>>>>>>> New York state, lasted for such a short duration of the
>>>>>>>> exposure that
>>>>>>>> virtually no sign of the storm can be seen. What's
>>>>>>>> remarkable is that a
>>>>>>>> printed-out color negative is produced by B&W silver-gel
>>>>>>>> paper. As I
>>>>>>>> understand it, the bromide in the paper under a change due
>>>>>>>> to the extreme
>>>>>>>> over-exposure which produces a color image.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://www.francescofragomeni.com/solargraphy/
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Francesco Fragomeni
>>>>>>>> www.francescofragomeni.com
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