Winter

Winter

the shortest noon.

A leather notebook on a snow-covered rock in a winter field.

The almanac · Winter

The lowest noon.

At solar noon in winter the sun barely clears the tree line. The pin throws its longest shadow of the year, and everything made in this season carries that slant: frost, breath, a coat held close.

Noon sun
Lowest of the year
Pin shadow
Longest
Daylight
Shortest
Light
Hard, blue, brief
Winter16.5°Spring · Autumn40°Summer63.5°PinShadow at noon →
Noon sun and the pin's shadow, four seasons · drawn for one field, place withheld

The shadow ran past the stone and into the snow.

The plates4 plates · Winter · solar noon · 35mm
The pin at noon, the stone under snow
Pl. 01The pin at noon, the stone under snow
Frost on the fence wire
Pl. 02Frost on the fence wire
The notebook by a frosted window
Pl. 03The notebook by a frosted window
One tree at the far edge of the field
Pl. 04One tree at the far edge of the field

The plates

Added as this season is shot.

Colligere et Capere

Photographs, film and objects by DOKB.

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