Solargraph: Justin Quinnell's photograph of the Clifton Suspension Bridge Photo: JUSTIN QUINNELL/SWNS.COM
Posted on 01/04/2009 9:07:42 AM PST by Daffynition
A series of majestic emerald arcs light up one of Britain's most iconic landmarks in this stunning photograph taken with one of the longest-ever exposures.
The spectacular picture shows each phase of the sun over Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge taken over a six month period.
It plots the sun's daily course as it rises and falls over Brunel's famous structure, which spans the 702ft (214m) Avon Gorge.
Incredibly, the eerie image was captured on a basic pin-hole camera made from an empty drinks can with a 0.25mm aperture and a single sheet of photographic paper.
Photographer Justin Quinnell strapped the camera to a telephone pole overlooking the Gorge, where it was left between December 19, 2007 and June 21, 2008 - the winter and summer solstices.
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The lowest arc shows the first day of exposure on the winter solstice, while the top curves were captured in the middle of summer.
Its dotted lines of light are the result of overcast days when the sun struggled to penetrate the cloud.
Mr Quinnell, a world-renowned pin-hole camera artist, of Falmouth, Cornwall, said the photograph took on a personal resonance after his father passed away on April 13 - halfway through the exposure.
He says the picture allows him to pinpoint the exact location of the sun in the sky at the moment his father passed away.
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Solargraph: Justin Quinnell's photograph of the Clifton Suspension Bridge Photo: JUSTIN QUINNELL/SWNS.COM
Stunning.
I’ve done pinhole photography. It was fun.
When I was about 5, dad made a pinhole camera from an empty Quaker Oats oatmeal box. It worked! A fuzzy, b/w shot of the backyard, but hey. I thought it was really amazing, he was always doing stuff like that - we started a campfire with a magnifying glass too.
Aren’t pinhold shots round, though?
Yeah, but did you fry up any ants on the sidewalk ?
http://www.uwm.edu/~kahl/Images/Weather/Other/analemma.html
THAT’S the path of the sun?
How did they get the sun to look like a blue streak? I never realized the sun made such a wild loop in the summer. That must be only in the northern latitudes that it does that.
The film can be any shape, you can imagine a circular piece or film being cropped. Conventional camera images are round, too.
I notice the change in arc a lot here. My best sunsets are in the fall winter and spring. During the summer it sets out of my line of sight.
One of the many qualities of pinhole photography is its ability to capture time exposures, to see durations of time beyond our vision. Usually this is in the range of a few seconds, but by combining old and new technologies, it is possible to achieve exposures of far greater duration.
I have always been fascinated with astronomy, its immense scales of space and time reaching far beyond comprehension within our own short instances on Earth.
The project was to record views of Bristol, with the sun trailing across the sky from the winter solstice (22nd December) to the summer solstice (the 20th of June).
The technique is not new. Several people are currently doing similar work. Paolo Gioli in Italy and Tarja Trygg in Finland are both experts in this area. I just wanted my hometown of Bristol to be imaged in this way.
As with all of my work, I try to avoid analysing until the images are on a wall.All I know is that this approach has within it the potential for accessible wonder and that is all the reason I need.
Most of the cameras survived 6 months of wind, rain, hail (and being thrown in the bin!). Several were blank; one was full of water, (the emulsion on the photographic material having floated off.) and one, still exposing, currently sits inaccessibly under 10 foot of bramble, waiting for winter to be recovered.
HAHAHA! Amazing!
Very clever indeed! Thanks, I gotta try this.
bump for later
Happy New Year Daffynition!
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Very cool. Surfing off into the sunset. I like it!
I’m surprised they were able to squeeze in enough sunny days in GB to come up with that. Beautiful effect, though!
Thanks TCP! Happy and Healthy New Year to you and the whole family too!
Keep ‘em in the black!
Best
Daffy
This is my newest camera in my collection. It takes 120 roll film and yields 8-12 exposures. Made in my kitchen on 02.03.06. ~ 220 film compatible
(Pinhole's in the bun)
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