'Stars' captures long exposure images of star trails in a manner normally associated with traditional astrophotography. With the polaroid medium there is no reproducible negative, so each image is unique, questioning the relationship with our spectacular and often photographed cosmos. 'Star' uses the smallest aperture and fastest shutter speed of a medium format camera. Pointed directly at the sun, a minuscule exposure time results in a blinding image of our sun. By using the Hasselblad square format, the Polaroid is only partly exposed and therefore its unexposed blackness becomes an important element of the work. |