Pinhole Photography

Title: Fifth Avenue Boot
Artist: R. Campbell

Medium: Pinhole photography

Year: 1998



Process Description – (50-75 words): A pinhole camera is a camera that does not have a lens; it simply has a small hole in a light-proof container that is used to allow light from a scene to pass in. The image is inverted as light rays from an object pass through the aperture, forming an image on the photo paper. The shutter on a pinhole camera is made of a flap of a light-proof type of material to cover and uncover the pinhole; it must be manually operated as the exposure time may be extremely long to allow the image to project onto the paper.







Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words): I enjoy the idea of pinhole cameras because they can be made of many different types of material and can be all different sizes; it is all up to the photographer. I like the simplicity of the camera and the creativeness the process may involve. The images made with a pinhole camera are usually very interesting as the pictures may look distorted or abstract.









Name: Kathleen Martini