This is a pinhole solargraph. The "camera" was an empty 35mm film container that had a pinhole poked into the side of it. The exposure is taken on a small piece of black and white photographic paper inside the container.

I taped the solargraph to my living room window and exposed the paper over several weeks. Since it is photographic paper, it has very low ISO and the pinhole lets in very little light, so it takes a long time to get an exposure.

The arcs in the image is the sun transiting across the sky. They are in different directions because I rotated the container a few times.

The other thing that happens is the features of the landscape also get burned in. Look closely and you can see the trees in my courtyard.

The image out of "camera" is not green. I used B&W photo paper and it came out in shades of yellow and orange. I added the green color in Lightroom. The image is also very low contrast, so that was cranked up in Lightroom as well.

I have done a few of these and the results are a surprise every time. The don't always come out this abstract. But the abstract-ness (is that a word?) really speaks to me.

I call it, "Descent into Madness," after a painting I saw that was called "Grey Matter." And a little personal experience. Don't worry, I am no madder than the next person.