I had always done portraits as a lithographer-for years and years. I began to realize that a pinhole photograph provided a composite image of a person-like what you get when you’re drawing a model over a period of time. It’s a collection of expressions. The body slumps into a characteristic pose if I’m doing a full figure during the 6 or 7 minute duration of my indoor exposures. You don’t get a fleeting expression of someone’s face…To me it seems to get at a certain inner truth-like a psychological X-ray.
-Sarah Van Keuren
Photo Info:
“Untitled”
Photo By: Sarah Van Keuren
Excerpt from:
Sarah Van Keuren, “Interview,” Pinhole Journal, Vol. 3#3 (1987): 18-19
More Info:
Pinhole Photography: From Historic Technique to Digital Application
by: Eric Renner