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I made the camera shown above during a pinhole
workshop taught by Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer at Emory University,
the
last week of May, 2003. The camera started out life as a Christmas
ornament
box. I cut openings for pinholes in each of the six sides, and punched
the pinholes from a disposable aluminum cookie sheet. Making six
pinholes
that were all basically the same size was the hardest part (Eric helped
a lot with that). I use Arista film cut to 6 inches x 13 inches,
wrapped
and taped around the oatmeal box cylinder which is glued onto the
inside
of the lid. Using all 6 pinholes, I can get a 360-degree image; each of
the individual "frames" reverses side-to-side and blends into the
adjacent
ones, making a completely unpredictable but fascinating image. In
printing
the images I utilize both cyanotype and platinum/palladium processes.
Beginning with a new series, Memoria, I am experimenting with
exposing through just one or two pinholes, then relocating the camera
several more times for additional exposures with the other
pinholes. I am also continuing the Grotto
series with this technique.
Memoria
Click on small image to see all images in the
series.
