Located at Upper Peninsula Supply Co. in Marquette, Michigan you’ll find the physical iteration of Year of the Sunrise, presented as The Sunrise Gallery. Inside you’ll find a wall display featuring daily sunrise photos since 2019. With over 1,600+ consecutive sunrises photographed to date, you’ll be sure to find one you enjoy.
The display is likely to be something you’ve never seen before, with each sunrise photo displayed on a massive calendar wall. Each row represents a month, and each column represents the date. Each 5x7 card is hand signed on the back including the location and time of that day’s sunrise.
It has long been my goal to present the scope of this project in a non-digital view, without each image being a tiny thumbnail. The display measures 20’ across and 8’ tall.
Stop by at 221 W Washington Street in Downtown Marquette. If you happen to find me there, I would be delighted to answer any of your questions. Until then, watch more sunrises.
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“Is your birthday a pretty one, or is it ugly?”
“Ohhh sunset pictures, oh my goodness.”
“Oh my god, this one is so my vibe!”
“Oh this one is my dad’s birthday, but it’s sorta lame.”
“Do you have anything that says sunset? Our daughter is more into sunsets.”
“Wow, there are so many.” Her friend, “Some are good.”
“Sorry I can’t support this, I’m a sunset gal.”
“Some of these are nice pictures, yah.”
“Ugh, my birthday. All you see is a rock. It’s a Charlie Brown sunrise. Just a rock. Did you check your birthday? You still got more than I got”
“Watch more sunrises. No, watch more sunsets.”
“Oh, that’s a cute idea.”
“Watch more sunrises. Not this time of the year, in the Winter I see enough of them.”
“Mom, look at this one. It’s so good but the dead seagull ruins it.”
Person 1: “Every sunrise of 2019” Person 2: “Whoa, seriously?”
“They almost rival Arizona sunsets.”
“Oh that’s like art, better stay out of there.”
“This one looks just like a sunset!”
“This guy takes more pictures than I do.”
“Why would anyone buy that one? No offense to the person who took it, but it’s like saying ‘I’m alone in the world’.”
“That’s good, it says ‘watch more sunrises’, it should say ‘watch more sunsets’”
“He’s a pretty talented guy. He’s just pretty talented all around.” (To be fair, I’m not sure she was talking about me)
“That sunset thing over there is really cool.”
“Guys, just choose one! Choose one that speaks to you, one that calms you.”
“Sunsets are more pretty.”
“That doesn’t look like a sunrise.”
“Ewwwww. Are you kidding me? Mine is the worst one up here!”
“If they were cool pictures. Like half of them are really cool”
Person 1: “What’s this one?” Friend of Person 1: “Oh it’s ugly.”
“He literally hasn’t slept in in like three years.”
“You gotta some see this. It’s people going around the U.P. taking different photos of sunrise.”
“Is his name Bugsy or Buggy?”
“I think you may have gone a little too crazy on the sunrises.”
“Oh wow, that’s actually kinda neat.”
“That doesn’t seem like a sunrise to me.”
“Are those just postcards?” Confirms to himself before entering, “Yeah, just postcards.”
“Mine is horrible.”
“Each one is a new experience.”
“The shirt should be sunrise colors, like gray, because so many sunrises are gray, like the dead deer he posted.”
