Introduction
Pinhole photography has remained ageless within time, modern day practitioners thrive on taking this area of photography to new heights. Many practitioners concentrate on composing their image while others focus on the length of exposure (as long as three years), while others utilise new materials to create cameras; human skulls, the HIV camera, even using their mouth as a camera. There are so many practitioners within this field that the boundaries remain endless and the enhancement of the style keeps it successful within contemporary practises.
Pinhole practitioners
Bethany De Forest
Her recreations of magical worlds are inspiring, especially when you re-iterate that these sets are made from food; meat, asparagus, chillies etc. She constructs every part of the scene as they are hand made by herself, it’s an intriguing and breath-taking experience viewing her work.
Wayne Martin Belger
Belger takes the pinhole camera to the ultimate extremes; he made a camera that had HIV blood running through it. He would photograph the person who the blood belonged to; the blood would act like a filter over the lens. There’s something disturbing about this concept yet Belger is still a practitioner that is enhancing the experience of the pinhole.
My experiment
I decided to explore pinhole photography with the making of my own device and whether I’d produce successful results, my home-made camera is nothing exotic compared Belger just a simple box.
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30 second exposure
Conclusion
I’m now going to explore how pinhole photography remains successful within the digital era;
This article is a great read and really shows in detail why pinhole is preferred over digital, as the author uses digital and pinhole to capture scenes so that he can compare them for learning purposes. I certainly agree that the pinhole images are far more successful and productive.
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