So the contents of a can of beer are pretty good for letting you escape your meaningless existence and enjoy an ethereal, fuzzy and lovely experience for a while, yes? Well the receptacle can now help you achieve that state too, photographically. Each of these photos were taken using nothing but your average beer can with a load of clever photo stuff inside - taken over the space of a few days at a time, these long exposure beer can cameras capture the sun and anything else as it moves through the day.

PHOTOS BY MATTHEW STRINGER

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