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Untracked exposures from 30 seconds to 8 minutes, gathered over several hours.
Long-exposure sky studies / Maren Vale
Astrophotography from high desert stations, quiet rooftops, and the edge of the atmosphere.
Enter the archiveImage archive / 2019—26
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Field notes / working method
Every frame begins with a weather window and ends with a careful stack. I return to the same dark sites to make small changes visible: a veil of hydrogen, a moving shadow, the colour held inside dust.
Untracked exposures from 30 seconds to 8 minutes, gathered over several hours.
Dark, flat, and bias frames keep the final image honest to the instrument.
Colour is balanced by star temperature, never by a preset or borrowed sky.
Instrument log / print desk
Archival pigment prints and location-led collaborations, produced in small editions.
William Optics Zenithstar 73, cooled monochrome camera, and a hand-built dew shield.
Portable / 7.4 kgHahnemühle cotton paper, signed and numbered. Available at 40 × 60 cm.
From $240 / edition of 18A site-specific night study for observatories, hotels, studios, and patient brands.
From $1,850 / proposalInquiry / 01
For print orders, licensing, or a commissioned field study, send a few coordinates.