Heliography Project 1827-2027, Assemblage
Tokyo, Shibuya Center-Gai, July 2014. This frame was captured by Google’s cameras. In September 2023, I found it, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm aluminium plate coated with asphalt. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I titled the heliograph The Wanderer.
This Google Street View frame can no longer be found. A neighbouring frame from the same sequence is still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Venice, Calle dei Tredici Martiri, April 2013. Google’s cameras captured this frame. In September 2023 I found it, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm asphalt-coated aluminium plate. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I called the heliography Photographer.
Frame still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Hong Kong, New Territories, 18 S Perimeter Rd, June 2024. This frame was captured by Google’s cameras. In August 2026, I found it, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm aluminium plate coated with asphalt. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I titled the heliograph The Airplane.
The frame is still accessible. Verified August 2026.
Dakar, April 2023. This frame was captured by Google’s cameras. In June 2026, I found it, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm aluminium plate coated with asphalt. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I titled the heliograph Fishermen.
The frame is still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Singapore, January 2009. The image was captured by Google’s cameras. In September 2023 I discovered the scene, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm asphalt-coated aluminium plate. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I called the heliography The Woman with an Umbrella.
This Google Street View frame is no longer accessible. No adjacent frame of the sequence is still accessible. This is the last image. Verified June 2026.
Paris, Port de Suffren, November 2022. The image was captured by Google’s cameras. In June 2026 I discovered the scene, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm asphalt-coated zinc plate. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I called the heliography Seagull.
This Google Street View frame is no longer accessible. An adjacent frame of the same sequence is still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Paris, 15 Rue Beaubourg, August 2013. The image was captured by Google’s cameras. In August 2024 I discovered the scene, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm asphalt-coated aluminium plate. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I called the heliography Centre Pompidou, Midday.
The frame is still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Paris, 121 Rue Saint-Dominique, May 2018. The image was captured by Google’s cameras. In September 2024 I discovered the scene, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm asphalt-coated aluminium plate. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I called the heliography Table with a Chair.
Frame still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Dune du Pilat, August 2015. The image was captured by Google’s cameras.
In July 2026 I discovered the scene, produced two internegatives, and coated 24 aluminium plates, each 12 × 12 cm, with asphalt. On one sunny day I exposed only two plates at a time, simultaneously, for six hours each, using the contact process. Single exposure.
The remaining 22 plates stayed unexposed.
This is the only exposure of this motif. I titled the work Photographer and Her Subject.
The frame is still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Paris, 1 Quai de la Corse, August 2012. The image was captured by Google’s cameras. In September 2025 I discovered the scene, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm asphalt-coated aluminium plate. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I called the heliography The Man with a Plane Tree Leaf.
Frame still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Paris, 38 Rue du Four, May 2023. This frame was captured by Google’s cameras. In September 2023, I found it, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm aluminium plate coated with asphalt. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I titled the heliograph Woman with a Phone.
This Google Street View frame can no longer be found. A neighbouring frame from the same sequence is still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Greater Poland, May 2024. This frame was captured by Google’s cameras. In May 2026, I found it, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm aluminium plate coated with asphalt. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I titled the heliograph Birch Forest.
The frame is still accessible. Verified June 2026.
New York City, 7th Ave, August 2011. This frame was captured by Google’s cameras. In August 2026, I found it, made an internegative, and exposed a 15 × 20 cm zinc plate coated with asphalt. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I titled the heliograph Woman with a Garbage Bag.
The frame is still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Kaliningrad, 38 Ulitsa Chernyakhovskogo, September 2012. This frame was captured by Google’s cameras. In May 2026, I found it, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm aluminium plate coated with asphalt. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I titled the heliograph The Camera.
The frame is still accessible. Verified June 2026.
Kaliningrad Oblast, October 2012. This frame was captured by Google’s cameras. In May 2026, I found it, made an internegative, and exposed a 10 × 15 cm aluminium plate coated with asphalt. Six hours of sunlight. Contact process. Single exposure. I titled the heliograph Walker.
The frame is still accessible. Verified June 2026.