Winter Solstice, 7am–3pm, 2024 is a handmade accordion book featuring reproductions of nine cyanotypes, each representing one hour of daylight on the shortest day of the year. Beginning at 7am and ending at 3pm, each print was exposed to the sun for a different duration, allowing the changing winter light to create the image. Sensitive to UV light, the cyanotypes record the sun’s varying intensity and mark the passage of time. The book becomes a meditation on light, duration, and the subtle shift toward longer days.
Printed and handbound in New England
Edition of 50
4.5” x 5.5”
9 images
Design by Emily Sheffer
Published by Dust Collective
Winter 2025
Emily Sheffer is a photographic artist, educator, and book designer.
She is the founder of Dust Collective, a handmade and small edition photography book publisher.
Emily is the studio director for Barbara Bosworth. In 2024, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Hartford.
Emily earned her MFA in photography from The University of Hartford, and BFA in photography from The Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
She currently lives in Massachusetts.
Winter Solstice, 7am–3pm, 2024 is a handmade accordion book featuring reproductions of nine cyanotypes, each representing one hour of daylight on the shortest day of the year. Beginning at 7am and ending at 3pm, each print was exposed to the sun for a different duration, allowing the changing winter light to create the image. Sensitive to UV light, the cyanotypes record the sun’s varying intensity and mark the passage of time. The book becomes a meditation on light, duration, and the subtle shift toward longer days.
Printed and handbound in New England
Edition of 50
4.5” x 5.5”
9 images
Design by Emily Sheffer
Published by Dust Collective
Winter 2025
Emily Sheffer is a photographic artist, educator, and book designer.
She is the founder of Dust Collective, a handmade and small edition photography book publisher.
Emily is the studio director for Barbara Bosworth. In 2024, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Hartford.
Emily earned her MFA in photography from The University of Hartford, and BFA in photography from The Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
She currently lives in Massachusetts.
