Camera Roundup
Brief conversations with three pinhole camera makers.
Erin Malone
March 17, 2008 :: Editor's Notes
Notes on what’s in Issue #4 and a brief wrapup of the f295 Seminar which took place in New York in January 2008.
Capturing Beauty in Japan :: Noriko Ohba :: Featured Artist
Featured Artist: Noriko Ohba
A brief look at the work of Japanese artist Noriko Ohba.
November 30, 2007 :: Letter from the Editor
It’s been a busy fall full of making images, prepping quite a bit of work for several juried shows—most of the work pinhole—and hanging my first solo show. It’s small and in a cafe, but it’s mine alone and it took quite a bit of work printing and framing the images. In between being obsessed […]
A Pinhole Diary of Eating Out
Nancy Breslin, takes her pinhole camera everywhere and brings it out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Over the last several years she has dined, documented and created over 600 images. Starting in the fall of 2002, she took the images online in 2003. Without Lenses asked Nancy to elaborate on how she started this project and where she is going from here.
Using Theatrical Lighting Gels to Filter and Color Correct Polaroid Films
Erin Malone looks at using inexpensive theatrical lighting gels rather than traditional photographic filters to create custom size fillters for use with Polaroid films in the pinhole and zoneplate process.
Magic on the Playa :: A Look Inside the Pinhole Camp
Each summer in late August, August 27 through September 3, 2007 this year, thousands of people travel to the remote and barren Black Rock desert of Nevada for the art festival Burning Man. Home for a week to artists, and revelers, it is also home to the Pinhole Camp.
Imagined Spaces :: Inside the Constructed World of Lou Krueger
A look behind the vision and work of Lou Krueger. Fascinated by his work and the combination of intricate dioramas he constructs and the custom cameras he makes to take the images, WL talked to Lou this summer and he peels back some of the mystery by sharing his processes and taking us behind the scenes of these fascinating constructions.
August 2007 :: Editor's Notes
Welcome to Issue #2 of Without Lenses. This issue brings a host of new articles and community features. Check it out!
Visiting with Craig J. Barber
Craig J. Barber is a photographer who travels and works exclusively with the pinhole format and focuses on the cultural landscape. Without Lenses and Craig chat about his work and his new book, Ghosts in the Landscape: Vietnam Revisited.
Spreading the Pinhole Love :: Behind the Scenes with Tom Persinger of f295
On the eve of the first f295 Symposium, WL speaks with Tom Persinger, about his role as an evangelist in the Pinhole community and thoughts about his own work as a photographer.
Catching Light :: Making Cameras with Artist Jo Babcock
Joseph Babcock shares his thoughts about his work, his influences and ideas about what makes him tick as a creator of cameras and their corresponding images.
April 29, 2007 :: Letter from the Editor
Welcome to Issue#1 of Without Lenses
Devoted to covering the art and craft of lensless photography, I have started Without Lenses to feature photographers and contributors who want to push the limits of lensless work, share new and alternative ideas, teach others about new camera making techniques and to expose the work of unknown as well […]