Shikihan made this insane 6×17 "Limousine" pinhole camera out of a Holga! You can see two test shots made with it in Tokyo here and here on Flickr.
She’s made a bunch of other cool pinhole cameras (and makes great photos with them), check them out!
Category: Pinhole
Interview with Therese Brown
Chris Keeney talks to pinhole/Holga/Polaroid experimental photographer Therese Brown as part of his excellent ongoing series of interviews with fine art photographers.
You can see Brown’s work at her Web site, ThisIsWhatISee.com as well as on Flickr.
This one’s a must-read, so do it at ChrisKeeney.com.
Without Lenses issue #2 is up
Erin Malone, editor of Without Lenses, "a quarterly journal exploring the art and craft of lensless photography", says:
This quarter brings a host of new interviews, the start of our technical article series and new features courtesy of our new content management system—Public Square.
Our two interviews are with a representative, Yvette Pasqua, of the Pinhole Camp at the Burning Man festival which begins August 27th and with Lou Krueger, professor at Bowling Green State University, who creates the most interesting dioramas and custom cameras for capturing these spaces.
The technical series kicks off with a basic how-to and a more complex look at making filters on the cheap. These articles are brought to us through the generosity of our technical editor, Tom Persinger, and the f295 forum members who have written these articles. Earl Johnson’s ‘how-to’ piece on building a foam coare 4×5″ camera is featured in this issue. Look for one or two of these technical pieces on a monthly basis.
Lastly, the switch over to our content management system—a feat that has taken the bulk of the last 3 months—brings a host of new community tools. You can now rate and review articles. You can submit story ideas directly into the system and rate ideas submitted by other readers. We will use this forum for deciding what ideas to pursue. Additionally, all readers who contribute reviews or articles, earn reputation, can create a brief bio and link to their own work and basically own their words in the context of this venue.
We hope these new features help provide for some lively discussion about the articles, help find new talent to feature, foster authorship and generally spread the ownership of Without Lenses to you, the readers.
We hope you enjoy this issue.
www.withoutlenses.com
Security holes in Photoshop CS2 & CS3, fixes available
Adobe says:
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Photoshop CS2 and CS3 that could allow an attacker who successfully exploits these potential vulnerabilities to take control of the affected system. A malicious BMP, DIB, RLE, or PNG must be opened in Photoshop by the user for an attacker to exploit these potential vulnerabilities. Users are recommended to update their installations with the patches provided below, and Adobe encourages all customers to be cautious before opening any unknown file, regardless of which application they may be using.
Software fixes for both Mac and Windows available from Adobe’s security bulletin, Photoshop CS2 and CS3 updates to address security vulnerabilities.
Theres Brown launches web site
Therese Brown, whose Holga, pinhole, and Polaroid work I’ve been following on Flickr for the last two years or so, has just launched a web site of her photography as well as a blog.
Check it out at thisiswhatisee.com!
Group pinhole photography show, Montclair, NJ, US
Group show of pinhole photography with work by 27 artists! It runs for the month of Jusy 2007 at the Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ, US.
Rodrigo Perez’ 6 month pinhole exposure of Rio
6 month pinhole exposure of Rio de Janeiro, BR, by Rodrigo Perez, on a 35mm paper negative. Brilliant!!
2008 f295 Symposium on Lensless, Alternative and Adaptive Photographic Processes: dates & rough line-up
Tom Persinger of f295.org writes:
We are PLEASED to announce dates & some details for the 2008 f295 Symposium!
The event will take place in Pittsburgh, PA USA May 29 – June 1, 2008. The schedule is beginning to take shape with the following events already planned (though subject to change).
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DRAFT Schedule of Events
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Thursday May 29, 2008
5-10pm: Symposium reception with work sharing & ‘mini-trade show’ event!The impromptu work sharing session that erupted at the end of the lectures/round-table discussion last year was such a hit that it’s been officially incorporated as part of the schedule of events. We have a large room in the University Center at Carnegie Mellon at which there will be tables for registered symposium attendees to spread out images, cameras, and other materials and equipment to share with other participants. We’ll also have our friends from B&H there with assorted goodies and symposium specials as well as a few other choice vendors! (this event is ONLY for registered symposium attendees)
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Friday May 30, 2008
9am – 6pm: Lectures and round-table discussion at McConomy Hall, University Center, Carnegie Mellon University (same location as this year)
So far we have confirmations from the following speakers (and are working on a few others!):Martha Casanave
Jill Enfield
Jesseca Ferguson
Jerry SpagnoliWe’re excited to have our friends at the Center for the Arts in Society at CMU partner with us again this year to help bring together this day of lectures and discussion!
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Saturday May 31, 2008
8am-5pm Workshops TBA
7-11pm: f295 Exhibition opening at 707 Penn Gallery (next to where we had this year’s show) Watch for the Call for Entry that will be going out soon!——————————————————
Sunday June 1, 2008
8am-5pm Workshops TBA
9am-12pm: Lensless/alternative photography walk-about
3-6pm: Informal closing get-together/workshop sharing/etc…——————————————————
Estimated registration fee: $140 USD (this does NOT include workshop registration, and is subject to change as we nail down exact numbers…)
——————————————————We’re working with Visit Pittsburgh to secure a block of hotel rooms near the event at a special symposium rate. More information TBA.
Feel free to forward questions, comments or suggestions to tp@f295.org
All the best,
Tom
Interview with Katie Cooke
Check out this excellent interview with Katie Cooke by Chris Keeney.
You can see Cooke’s work at her Web site, slowlight.net.
Katie Cooke launches portfolio site of pinhole photography
Katie Cooke has just launched a portfolio site of her pinhole work, which I am a rather huge fan of. I could go on and on about how great it is, but you may as well just go and see for yourself at slowlight.net.
While you’re there, you may also want to have a look at her Slowlight Pinhole Blog.