The primary images will be produced from positions in close proximity to the road, using a large format pinhole camera and photographic paper. Depending upon the available light, they will require between one minute and thirty minutes exposure. These protracted exposures are not only necessary owing to the relative insensitivity of the orthochromatic material and the tiny aperture through which the image forming light must pass, but they will also serve to highlight, (through the unfamiliar emptiness they present) the unambiguous properties and poetic permanence of the static elements relating to the road, rather than the mundane profusion of transient vehicles that frequent it. Ideally, the photographic paper negatives would be processed in situ, on the day of their exposure, in order to verify their content and quality, before moving on to the next location.
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