Donna Moore - Solargram

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Written By Susan Patrice
 

Solargrams capture and memorialize time as it passes. A reminder of the transience of life and the importance of our time on earth. 

 
 
 
 

Solargram

Donna Moore

 

A solargram is made using a simple pinhole camera loaded with photographic paper. The camera is placed facing south in order to capture the sun's path as it moves across the sky. The exposures can be one day, weeks, months, or years. After the camera is taken down, the photo must be scanned to reveal the negative image and then inverted to reveal the positive image. Sometimes water, insects, or mold on the paper changes the outcome of the image. 

I use this process to mark the passage of time–collecting memories of days etched on photo paper to mark special days, celebrations, or holidays. Solargrams capture and memorialize time as it passes. A reminder of the transience of life and the importance of our time on earth. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Donna Headrick Moore is a photographer and educator from Blaine, Tennessee. She uses pinhole cameras and historic/alternative photographic processes in her work. She is the Co-Director of The Big Camera, a traveling darkroom and Camera Obscura.

Susan Patrice

As the founder and director of Makers Circle, Susan Patrice designs and implements arts-informed community initiatives in partnership with non-arts organizations who want to expand their reach and impact through innovative cross-sector collaboration. Makers Circle has a deep passion for the power of the creative process to encourage adaptive change, expand awareness, and open up new ways of seeing and relating. We believe that the arts and artists should play a major role in community regeneration and non-profit advancement. Web design and digital storytelling are foundational to the work we do with non-profits.

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