How we read the rock
1
Darkness is the first instrument
Sunlight flattens depth and bleaches the ochre. We record only in shelter light, the way the painters saw it.
2
Distance is a form of care
Our cameras work from half a metre away. The painted surface is never touched by tool or hand.
3
Every mark has a season
We log humidity, temperature, and the month of recording. Pigment chemistry shifts with the wet.
4
Permission is part of the protocol
No recording begins without the elder who holds the story for that wall.