11/23/2020
Titled "My Father at Home," 8 Months explores time spent throughout the early stages of the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic.
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I made a total of six pinhole cameras out of paint cans with light sensitive Ilford photopaper placed on the inside. After laying them out in my backyard during the winter of February 2020, I had just learned of a new virus strain in Wuhan, China. These pinhole 'time capsules' degraded and rusted, and the paper inside molded over time. The sun etched streaks of light - each one representing a day. Some steaks are hidden, some not even visible - just as my days during quarantine became a blur.
These solargraphs represent time covered by a fungal growth over a period of 8 months, just as my time and many others were covered by heartache, fear, and anxiousness. What's left is a remnant of time passed, covered, and replaced with life itself. Just as a virus survives and mutates, humans can outlive and adapt.
@ Houston, Texas
