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Imagining Music: The Work of Mabel Odessey

by Erin Malone Interview
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Music, like photography, is as much a science as art. When combined, magical things can happen. Without Lenses is pleased to share with you, the work of Mabel Odessey, a photographer whose work is inspired by and created through collaborations with musicians. The Piano Paille PInhole project is just the most recent. Mabel shares with us how she works with the musicians collaboratively, and where she is going next.

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Safe Havens: The zoneplate work of George Sheils

by Erin Malone Gallery
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A frequent visitor and poster on f295.org, I was pleased when George Sheils, known as Seoirse, started posting his recent series of work from the harbours around Ireland. He has graciously agreed to share some background on his experience as well as the Safe Havens project he is currently working on and fun project called The Frosties with us here at Without Lenses.

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The Populist

by Nick Dvoracek How To
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Nick Dvoracek, creator of the popular tutorial for making a 35mm pinhole camera, The Populist, shares the material with Without Lenses. Available here in HTML, the full step-by-step instructions for making this camera.

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Celebrate Ten Years of Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day: April 25th

by Erin Malone General
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We celebrate this year’s Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day with interviews with two photographers. Tom Miller and Gregg Kemp, have both been instrumental members of the team of folks spearheading and coordinationg the celebration of WPPD over the last ten years.
Celebrate lensless photography by participating in a workshop and sharing the results.

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Celebrating WPPD with Tom Miller

by Erin Malone Articles
Flowers Dream

As we near the 10th celebration of Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, Tom Miller shares some history of the organization with us as well as his personal inspiration and pinhole work.

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Celebrating WPPD with Gregg Kemp

by Erin Malone Articles
Mow My Lawn

Gregg Kemp shares some history of the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day and his work with Without Lenses.

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Child’s Play & War Games with Benjamin Wooten

by Erin Malone Interview
Real War Bravo

Benjamin Wooten discusses his series “This is for real war!” and the influence of the work by Eadward Muybridge and several war photographers in how he approaches his work.

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Shoreline Dreams: The Pinhole Work of Ky Lewis

by Erin Malone Gallery
Ky Lewis -Beach 0809 - Holga

Our featured gallery shares the dreamy beach images by Ky Lewis. They recall summers long past when you were a kid and everything is a blur.

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Collage, Construction and Pinhole: Making Memories with Jesseca Ferguson

by Erin Malone Interview
The pinhole photography of Jesseca Ferguson

Blending polaroid with alternative processes, Jesseca Ferguson, builds her images with old letters, book parts, taxidermied birds and other fleamarket finds to create seductive, layered memories.

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From Workshop to Book: Talking with Brian Krummel About The Pinhole Camera

by Erin Malone Gallery
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Brian Krummel, author of the new book, The Pinhole Camera, shares his thoughts about writing the book, about the artists he features on the companion website and his own work as a pinhole photographer.

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January 2010 :: Editor’s Notes

by Erin Malone Editor's Notes

Well we are back. For real this time. My book is done and published and I have my life back which means photography focus. The first thing we have done is to tackle some technical housekeeping issues.
As part of our housekeeping efforts the last couple of months we worked our way through this list:

New content [...]

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Pinhole Is Pinhole: An Interview with William Christiansen

by Benjamin Wooten Interview
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William Christiansen is a Wisconsin based pinhole photographer and machinist, producing high-end pinhole apparatus, add-ons, and custom designs for clients around the world. He shares his intriguing history, along with his perspectives on the art and craft of pinhole photography.

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Capturing Emotion in the American West :: Laura Campbell: Featured Artist

by Erin Malone Gallery
Roy's Cafe, Amboy CA

Featured artist, Laura Campbell, talks about her pinhole work in the American southwest.

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May 2009, Editor's Notes

by Erin Malone Editor's Notes

After many months we are back!
In the last 10 months, I quit a job and started a new company. Additionally, I have been writing a book for O’Reilly Media, Designing Social Interfaces, and this has consumed every free moment of my evenings and weekends over the last 8 months. This means that my photography and [...]

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July 23, 2008 Editor's Notes

by Erin Malone Editor's Notes

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 [...]

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Turning the World on its Head :: Sheila Bocchine takes on wedding photography — lensless style

by Erin Malone Interview
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Sheila Bocchine approaches her pinhole work with amazing enthusiasm and joy and has turned the staid genre of wedding photography on its head by offering her clients one of a kind, expressive pinhole records of their special day.

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California Impressions

by Erin Malone General
The Path

Erin Malone’s marsh landscapes, done with zoneplate and pinhole, are featured in a short piece on KQED Quest.

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Camera Roundup

by Erin Malone General
Leonardo Camera

Brief conversations with three pinhole camera makers.

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March 17, 2008 :: Editor's Notes

by Erin Malone 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.

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Drill Your Own Precision Pinhole Apertures

by David Walters How To
Precision drilled pinhole aperture

Matching an appropriately sized pinhole to a particular camera’s focal distance will yield the best, “sharpest” image. This tutorial shows how to easily make your own pinholes that are fairly accurate in size and shape.

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Capturing Beauty in Japan :: Noriko Ohba :: Featured Artist

by Erin Malone Gallery
Cherry Blossoms

Featured Artist: Noriko Ohba
A brief look at the work of Japanese artist Noriko Ohba.

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November 30, 2007 :: Letter from the Editor

by Erin Malone Editor's Notes

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 [...]

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Wet Contact Printing Paper Negatives

by Jan Kapoor How To
Wet Contact Printing

Jan Kapoor 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.

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Building Confidence: Pinhole Workshops with The New Orleans Kid Camera Project

by Benjamin Wooten General
Kid Camera Example

Benjamin Wooten talks 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.

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A Pinhole Diary of Eating Out

by Erin Malone Interview
Nancy Breslin

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.

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Using Theatrical Lighting Gels to Filter and Color Correct Polaroid Films

by Erin Malone How To
Using Theatrical Gels for Filters

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.

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