“Woman as Witch” from ‘on deaf ears’ series
Photographer: Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer
Date: 2001 - 2011
Negative Number HP.2012.15.896
From the Pinhole Resource Collection
“Rare Birds” from ‘on deaf ears’ series
Photographer: Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer
Date: 2001 - 2011
POG Negative Number HP.2012.15.888
From the Pinhole Resource Collection
It was only recently that I decided it was time for me to take up pin-holing. After thirty years amusing myself with lens photography while working and travelling in my day job as a professional engineer, I viewed photography as a pastime in my retirement with somewhat limited enthusiasm.
I design and make my own cameras, or modify vintage folders. This satisfies the engineering left in me and offers some certainty that the tools will work before I commit to the creative part of the process.Delio Ansovini
Photo Info:
Oak in the Infrared Shade
Photo By: Delio Ansovini
I particularly liked to solarize the Litho in the darkroom. The huge surface area of the negatives provides a lot of information to explore. I develop my own color negatives so I can tweak the process at any point. I use black and white film and print chemistry on color films and vary the temperatures and timing on everything. Expired films seem to work best for me, they carry their own surprising quirks and I feel less precious about the investment, consequently I'm even more inclined to break the rules and take risks.
- Claudia Wornum
Photo Info:
Untitled
Photo By: Claudia Wornum
HP.2012.15.1130
Pinhole photography (or the camera obscura) is a heavily intuitive process concerned more with creating a mood than delivering an image wrapped in the trappings of reality. Simple in theory, the process, predating modern photography, is quite tricky. What isn’t left to luck is owed to plenty of practice, precision, and experimentation.
-Darius Kuzmickas
Photo Info:
Pinhole 109, Water
Photo By: Darius Kuzmickas
HP.2012.15.1208