Solargraphs from Chernobyl's exclusion zone
via Kosmo Foto

auto_awesomePixelfetch Take
Solargraphy is brutally simple: a beer-can pinhole camera, photographic paper, months of exposure. Budzynski's twist is placing them inside Chernobyl's exclusion zone, where the sun's arc gets traced over rooftops that haven't had a human in them since 1986. The process suits the subject perfectly. No digital workflow, no instant feedback, no control. Just chemistry and time doing their thing in one of the most contaminated places on earth. Worth a look if you've ever wanted to rethink what counts as a camera.
Read full articlearrow_outwardon Kosmo Foto
Related
Featured Photographers
14 Cameras, One Rocket: How Madow Shot Artemis II
Featured Photographers
Raghu Rai, Magnum Legend and Fujifilm X Photographer, Dies at 83
Featured Photographers
Shooting Rory McIlroy on 4x5 Film Mid-Chaos
Featured Photographers
Jack Thornell, AP Photographer and Pulitzer Winner, Has Died
Featured Photographers
Raghu Rai, India's Greatest Documentary Photographer, Has Died
Featured Photographers
14 Cameras, One Rocket: Inside Artemis II Launch Photography
More from Kosmo Foto
Stay ahead of the curve
Get the Pixelfetch digest delivered to your inbox every morning.