2nd place
silver star award
Diego López Calvín
spain 
title
Solarigraphy, the paths of the sun.
The inventor of SOLARIGRAFÍA (Solarigraphy in the English language) together with the Polish photographers S. Decyk and P. Kula who launched the "Solaris Project" in 2000. It combines the origins of XIX century photography, the internet, and modern techniques of the digital image, with the aim to show the ways of the Sun in its apparent movement on the celestial vault over different latitudes of the Earth.
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entry description
Paths of the sun over the landscape on equinoxes or solstices. These kind of images so called "solarigraphs" show things that can't be perceived with bare eyes.about the photographer
Born in Soria (Spain) in 1965. Degree in Information Sciences from the Universidad Complutense. Independent photographer and visual artist based in Madrid carry out editorial commissions and reports for different media, producers, and advertising agencies. He has published his works in the main newspapers and magazines of the country. Lecturer at the Public University Rey Juan Carlos. He has spent fifteen years practicing pinhole photography, photographic techniques of the XIX century, and very long time exposures. He develops artistic projects and teaches workshops using alternative processes of photography in relation to astronomy, geolocation, and collective participation through working groups in social networks.The inventor of SOLARIGRAFÍA (Solarigraphy in the English language) together with the Polish photographers S. Decyk and P. Kula who launched the "Solaris Project" in 2000. It combines the origins of XIX century photography, the internet, and modern techniques of the digital image, with the aim to show the ways of the Sun in its apparent movement on the celestial vault over different latitudes of the Earth.
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