Steve Irvine makes very unique pinhole cameras and photographs. Steve said, “The low tech, intuitive nature of pinhole camera photography opens up many creative possibilities.”
He talks about the process, “The exposures are often quite long, even in full sunlight, so the passage of time itself seems to be a participant in the image making — shadows move, leaves flutter and the landscape changes. With pinhole photography, it’s not so much a matter of “taking a picture,” it’s more like collecting photons and then seeing what the collection looks like.” A gallery page of his pinhole photography.
He uses several very different cameras for pinhole photography:
Multi-aperture camera
Panorama camera made from stoneware clay that has been kiln fired to 1,300°C
Ceramic box camera
Camera made from a peanut can
Ceramic camera made in an anamorphic style
Nikon F2 for color pinhole images
He has a feature page showing one of his ceramic cameras.
Steve said, “Combining two of my biggest passions in life — pottery and photography — I have been making ceramic cameras for several years now. These are fully functional cameras that produce black and white prints. Somewhat different from what you’d find at the local camera store, these creations are pinhole cameras.”
Pinhole camera from Wikipedia
Hope you enjoyed this article as much as I did. My good friend Vicki Hardin sent me the link and I thank her very much.
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