Artists and contributors named for 2015 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts
Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer, creators of the Pinhole Resource collection, have been honored with a Governor’s Art award!
9 Seductive New Photo Books
The exhibition catalogue for our pinhole photography exhibit was mentioned by ARTnews Magazine as one of the best photo books of the summer!
Pinhole Photography with Culturepass
ALBUQUERQUE (KASA) - New Mexico stands out as refreshingly different, a spirited blend of arts, history, and lifeways found in few other places. This week Chad explored the poetics of the light pinhole photography exhibit at the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. Join Chad for the Culturepass Challenge as he is exploring all…
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