Hunter MoonNevada City, California

Work — 2024

Hunter's Moon

Portraits made on four October nights by the light of the full moon and nothing else. Exposures ran to eight minutes. The sitters had to breathe slow.

Made for
Personal work
Location
Sierra foothills, California
Format
35mm — pushed to 3200
Frames
04
Hunter's Moon — Portraits made on four October nights by the light of the full moon and nothing else. Exposures ran to eight minutes. The sitters had to breathe slow.

The series the studio is named for. Moonlight is roughly four hundred thousand times dimmer than sun, which turns a portrait into an act of patience on both sides of the camera.

Wren, six-minute exposure, ridge above the river
01 / 04Wren, six-minute exposure, ridge above the river
Moon at its highest, third night
02 / 04Moon at its highest, third night
Two sitters, one frame, eight minutes
03 / 04Two sitters, one frame, eight minutes
The clearing, after everyone went home
04 / 04The clearing, after everyone went home