http://www.withoutlenses.com/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:35:50 GMT Stories on editorial from Without Lenses http://www.withoutlenses.com/view/july-23-2008-editors http://www.withoutlenses.com/view/july-23-2008-editors This issue marks a year of bringing Without Lenses to you. Over the last year, I have talked to so many wonderful and interesting photographers. The personal stories and work provide inspiration and ideas for me and I hope for you, dear readers, as well. I am eager to bring more of your work to this wonderful community and welcome story ideas, as well as proposals for showcasing your work. Don't be shy; let me know about your work and what drives you to make pinhole or other lensless work. In May/June I attended the 2nd f295 symposium in Pittsburgh and met so many wonderful alternative and lensless photographers. It was extremely energizing and inspiring. I am in the middle of interviewing Jesseca Ferguson and will be bringing you her images and thoughts on her work in the next issue. The symposium was even better this year than last and Tom Persinger has great plans for a diverse set of offerings for 2009. This summer has been full of excitement for me personally. I quit my job at the giant corporation—primarily to ease the commute time (2+ hours a day) and to give myself more time for making lensless images, and will be starting a new consulting firm in August. To top it all off, I had my work featured on KQED's Quest program this week. The video clip of my piece is published here. I am always eager to tell people about the wonderful qualities of being a pinhole and zoneplate photographer. Here's to a productive and image filled summer for you all. Enjoy issue #5. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:35:50 GMT Erin Malone editor's notes editorial http://www.withoutlenses.com/view/november-30-2007 http://www.withoutlenses.com/view/november-30-2007 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 with my own work, and starting to think about the holidays, I have the pleasure of bringing you this issue of Without Lenses. Issue #3 features an article by Benjamin Wooten about his experience with the New Orleans Kid Camera Project where the kids not only made pinhole images, but created their own cameras and painted them. The images are wonderful and the story is a testament to the power that children have to find joy even in the worst of situations. We also bring you an interview with the photographer, Nancy Breslin, whom I met last year at the f295 Symposium. She shares with us a long term, continuing, project featuring a range of images made while dining out in all kinds of situations. Our How To article this issue comes from Jan Kapoor. She shares her process for making image positives from wet contact negatives. This simple, straight-forward process is something anyone with a dark room and a safe light can do. No enlarger needed. Lastly, we have added a Books section—a store from Amazon—to offer books by featured artists and related pinhole books and a Subscribe Now link to the homepage. This will let you subscribe to an announcement list to get an email each time the site is updated. I promise, we won't sell your email address or send spam. We hope you enjoy this issue. Erin editor in chief, publisher, Without Lenses Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:36:38 GMT Erin Malone editor's notes editorial