6/20/13 Meghann Riepenhoff’s homemade galaxies | Photography | Agenda | Phaidon www.phaidon.com/agenda/photography/articles/2012/december/19/meghann-riepenhoff-s-homemade-galaxies/ 1/4 Photography Articles Meghann Riepenhoff’s homemade galaxies 24 Hour Flash Sale on art & photography books You only have 09hrs 42mins 37secs left to shop the sale >>> Meghann Riepenhoff’s homemade galaxies The photographer makes whole clusters of stars, black holes and sun flares from her dark room in San Francisco Meghann Riepenhoff Instar Series SHARE THIS PAGE Tweet Tweet 1 Follow Follow @Phaidon @Phaidon RELATED Every photographer, professional or amateur has probably tried once in a while (the latter probably on bonfire night with a sparkler) to create patterns in the air using a bright light and a long exposure. San Francisco based photographer Meghann Riepenhoff’s Instar series of photographs is a particularly aweinspiring example of this. Twitter Facebook Email RSS STAY UP TO DATE WITH PHAIDON How we use cookies X NEWS PHAIDON STORE NEW RELEASES PHAIDON APPS Collector's Editions Search artists and books Like 0 Sign up for special offers and rewards Basket (0) Sign in Read the incredible stories behind Francis Bacon’s best known paintings
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Meghann Riepenhoff’s homemade galaxies
The photographer makes whole clusters of stars, black holes and sun flares from her dark room in San Francisco
Meghann Riepenhoff Instar Series
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Ancient Light: A Portrait of the Universe
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Sunflares bounce off orbs, solar winds shape dust which glows against
the black background and distant galaxies sparkle as if Riepenhoff has
discovered another Witch's Head nebula. The celestial landscapes are
Riepenhoff’s investigations into how small insignificant things can
become fascinating.
Meghann Riepenhoff Instar Series
Photograms at heart, Riepenhoff’s galaxies are created in absolute
darkness using not only found objects but using a negative projection
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