The Long Moment: Polaroids and Solargraphs by Rachel Winslow
Beginning Thursday, October 15, the Friends of the Leelanau Township Library (in Northport) welcome Leland-based photographer and innkeeper, Rachel Winslow, as the next exhibiting solo artist for our “Art in the Corner" program. During an era of digital “insta-moments,” posted directly from our mobile devices to social media, Rachel uses analog processes (light sensitive film and paper, vintage and pinhole cameras, etc) to create beautifully rendered atmospheric images of otherworldly proportions. Her exhibition, The Long Moment, brings together a selection of Polaroids and Solargraphs that portray life’s colors and tones at the crossroads between the imagined and real: whether using a Polaroid instant camera to capture daily observations or her pinhole camera to make unique Solargraphs charting the path of the sun over the course of a year in a single exposure, she finds poetic resonance between a single moment and the perpetual cycle of our sun’s rising and setting. As our days get shorter with Autumn’s return, we are reminded of time’s passing. In a truly captivating study of the spectrum of time, Rachel empowers the ordinary and familiar with enchanting visibility, bringing life’s daily events into the orbit of the infinite, prompting us to see ourselves as part of the larger expanse of history and the universe.
Rachel Winslow is an experimental analog photographer and innkeeper based in Leland, Michigan. Working exclusively with film and polaroids, she embraces the unpredictability of vintage, toy, and homemade cameras to create images that feel both intimate and otherworldly. Her process often incorporates expired film, prisms, and in-camera multiple exposures to transform fleeting moments into layered and abstract compositions rich with texture and light.
We hope you will join us for the artist's reception to meet Rachel and see her photographs on Thursday, October 15, 6-8pm. In addition, Rachel will discuss her process and exhibition at the library during the month of January, please stay posted for the exact date and time. The exhibition, "The Long Moment," runs through Feb. 15, 2027.
Image info: 5 Weeks Over Lake Leelanau, Giclee Print of Solargraph, June 21, 2026 - July 26, 2026, 11x14 inches ©Rachel Winslow, 2026, © Rachel Winslow, 2026