Seems like the latest thing in pinhole photography, is making 3 month, 6 month or even year long exposures. Several artists have recently been featured in exhibitions and articles using this technique. Check out these artists. “The Arc of Time” an exhibition of long-exposure photographs made with a pinhole camera by Utah photographer Matthew Allred… Continue reading Long term pinhole solargraphs the new hot thing
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Hot Dog Stand doubles as a Pinhole Camera
Using an abandoned hot dog stand as an enormous pinhole camera, Marian Roth blurs the boundaries between her photography and her imagination. For Creative Life, Marnie Crawford Samuelson reports.
Stenop.es – A Pinhole Movie Project
stenop.es from Romain A on Vimeo. Stenop.es: Photographers Romain Alary and Antoine Levi are currently making a series of movies transforming a variety of apartments into Camera Obscuras. The two movies that are already out, Paris, France and Ghat, India are lovely and mysterious, reminding me of the work of Abelardo Morell who has been… Continue reading Stenop.es – A Pinhole Movie Project
12th Annual Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
The annual worldwide pinhole photography day is fast approaching. Make plans for a workshop or outing with other pinhole aficionados and share your results. Download a copy of the poster. (Poster courtesy John Neel)
Video About Pinhole from Nancy Breslin
Nancy Breslin, who we interviewed here awhile back, has created a great short about pinhole photography.
Expose for a year, gone in an instant
Photographer Michael Chrisman, makes extremely long exposures with his pinhole camera. Placed around Toronto, the images are dreamy and ephemeral, they capture the “trails left by the sun as it moves through the sky both throughout the day and as the seasons change.†What’s most interesting to me is that when the image is scanned… Continue reading Expose for a year, gone in an instant
Lensless on the road
The next best thing to turning a car or van into a pinhole camera? A camera obscura trailer that you take along on your road trip. Two students did just that last summer and recorded images from New York to Prince Edward Island. The resulting work has ended up in a show and a book… Continue reading Lensless on the road
Historic process to capture timeless history
Another canadian pinhole photographer article looks at a pretty cool pinhole project. Tod Ainslie, spent over nine years taking over 2,000 photographs of various sites related to the War of 1812. These images, some made with pinhole cameras with 6 pinholes, were recently shown in Toronto and several were purchased by the Royal Ontario Museum.
Forget the Turducken, create a pinhole ducamera
From last year, Hong Kong photographer Martin Cheung, shares his experience of making a camera out of a roasted duck. “Roast duck is such a symbol of Chinese cooking, so I wanted to see how the duck saw Chinatown,†he says. This has got to be one of the strangest articles on photography I have… Continue reading Forget the Turducken, create a pinhole ducamera
NPR – Your [pinhole] Photo of the Day
Lovely pinhole image featured on NPR
Discovering Pinhole in Montreal
An article in the Montreal Gazette by Peter Balkwill, talks about taking up the lowly plastic Holga and then discovering the wonder of pinhole. I love this quote, which sums up what working with pinhole is all about to me. “My entire relationship with the idea of taking pictures changed. At the outset, shooting with… Continue reading Discovering Pinhole in Montreal
Speaking at f295 Symposium
I will be speaking at this year’s f295 Symposium which takes place in Pittsburgh later this week. The lineup of speakers, from the opening – Sally Mann in Conversation with Dan Estabrook – to artists like Brian Taylor, Gabriel Biderman and Henrieke Strecker should prove to enlightening and inspirational. As in the past, the symposium… Continue reading Speaking at f295 Symposium
April 24, 2011 :: Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Worldwide pinhole day happens on the last Sunday of April each year. Events, workshops, gallery exhibitions and lectures are happening around the world as part of this event. The WPPD site offers listings of related events as well as a growing collection of photos from each WPPD. Don’t forget to submit yours this year.
Celebrate Ten Years of Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day: April 25th
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.
California Impressions
Erin Malone’s marsh landscapes, done with zoneplate and pinhole, are featured in a short piece on KQED Quest.
Camera Roundup
Brief conversations with three pinhole camera makers.
Building Confidence: Pinhole Workshops with The New Orleans Kid Camera Project
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.