Noted photographer Justin Quinnell is hosting two free pinhole photography workshops. Make a camera from a beer can "emptied by the photographer himself!".
Dates are 18 and 20 Dec, 2006, from 1–3pm at the Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery on Queens Road in Bristol, UK.
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Tom Persinger of f295, home of excellent pinhole and DIY & alt process photography fora, has been working his butt off organizing a Symposium on Lensless, Alternative and Adaptive Photographic Processes. It will run from 26–29 April, 2007, in Pittsburgh, PA, US, with specific workshop, seminar, and guided trip locations to be announced.
Persinger has set up a Web site for the symposium. He writes:
…It’s designed to distribute information about the symposium AND about things to do in/around Pittsburgh. It’s in the preliminary stages, but it has lots of links to restaurants (that i particulary like), hotels/places to stay, museums, galleries, shopping, walking tours, other activites (amusement parks, zoo, etc) and lots of stuff to keep you and your family busy for days and days.
With the birth of son #2 I haven’t been able to check into hotel rates. Please feel free to email or call the hotels directly to check on availability. I’ll do my best to get to this detail in the coming weeks.
I’ll be adding more agenda information, links to register for workshops, and bios for each speaker and topics they’ll be discussing in the coming days & weeks!
The link: www.f295.org/wordpress
Cheers!
Tom
The lineup already looks tasty indeed, a veritable bonanza for the low-fi photographer. This is going to be worth traveling for.
The show will include some first time showings of Edward‘s "Fears and Hopes" series of dioramas, masks, and figures, as well as images from the series in his new book "Timescapes Japan" [blogged previously].
There will be a one day workshop on September 23 [2006] concentrating on doing pinhole portraits.
Signed copies of the new book will be on sale as well as original prints!
The show runs 19 September–1 October, 2006, at Roonee 247 Photography, Misuzu Bldg 1F, Yotsuya 4-11, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Gallery hours are 12–7pm (closed on Mondays).
Opening reception on Tuesday, 19 September, 2006 at 6:00pm.
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After a successful pinhole workshop at the Ann Arbor District Library in August, photographer Matt Callow is curating an exhibit of work created by the workshop participants, to be displayed at the Malletts Creek branch along with a selection of photos of the workshop in action.
Opening reception Friday, 22 September, 2006 at 7pm, at 3090 East Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI, US.
Details at the library Web site.
This workshop is a crash course in pinhole photography. Students will make a pinhole camera, make exposures, process the negatives, contact print the negatives. In addition, a presentation of historical and contemporary works will expand student awareness of the vast potential pinhole offers. The current resurgence of pinhole photography in contemporary art makes this class a good choice for all, from the mildly curious to the highly adventurous.
The workshop, run by photographer Bruce McKaig, is on Saturday, 16 September, 2006 from 10:00am–1:00pm at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th Street, S.E., Washington, DC, US. Cost is $65.
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop has several other photography classes available.
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"Exploring Alternative Processes: Photography Exhibits, Installations, Events and Classes" at the Southwest School of Art & Craft, 300 Augusta St., San Antonio, Texas, United States
DATES: Thursday, 24 August – Sunday, 22 October, 2006
RECEPTION: Thursday, 24 August, 2006 at 5:30pm
Loads of alt-process and pinhole exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and classes: rawk! See the Pinhole Visions event page for details.
Justin Quinnell has put his foot camera into his mouth again and this time we can share his wonderfully inventive and and humorous pinhole photos with friends around the coffee table. In the words of his publisher, "Mouthpiece" is a surprising and extremely unusual book.
Justin Quinnell is one of the world’s leading pinhole photographers, and in this series he has used his mouth as the camera. The results are surreal, revealing and hilarious. He captures on film his visit to the dentist; portraits of friends and family; snakes, tortoises, alligators and angry cats; the everyday acts of having a bath, cleaning his teeth and eating his dinner.
Perhaps even more surreal though are his landscape photographs – icons of world travel, they include Sydney Opera House, Hong Kong, St. Marks Square in Venice, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
Mouthpiece
Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing.
Language: English
ISBN: 190458733X
Price: £9-99
You can order the book from Amazon UK or Dewi Lewis Publishing. It will be available from Amazon on 2 September, 2006.
He’s also giving a lecture on pinhole photography called "New Light Through An Old Hole" at Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, United Kingdom on Thursday, 21 September, 2006 at 7:00pm:
In this public lecture to celebrate the publication of his new book "Mouthpiece" (Dewi Lewis Publishing) pinhole photography expert Justin Quinnell will discuss the science, history and contemporary approaches to this ancient imaging device.
The lecture will also include:
- a replication of a classic Isaac Newton experiment,
- an unnervingly scary demonstration of ‘Power drill portraiture;
- and the use of a camera as a golf ball.
The evening will conclude with a demonstration on making pinhole cameras as well as the chance to have your portrait taken from inside the mouth of the artist himself, (For a donation to charity).
More info on here on Quinnell’s site.
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Alan Knowles will give a two-day Masterclass in Christchurch in conjunction with his exhibition, Biscuits, at Canterbury Museum. His presentation will be aimed at photographers with some experience who are working on documentary projects or wish to get into this area. Topics to be covered will include: choosing themes, planning projects, sponsorships and funding, gaining access, obtaining consents, editing the photo essay, negotiating with editors, working with writers, finding a publisher, planning an exhibition, photo agencies, getting paid and annotating and pricing photographs as art.
The Masterclass will be held on Sunday 13 August and Monday 14 August 2006, 9.00 am – 4.30 pm at Level 1 Annex, Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch. The two-day Masterclass will cost $430. Places are limited and bookings are essential. For more information contact Rachel Vavasour, Canterbury Museum’s Education and Public Programmes Manager, telephone 03 366 9429 ext 738 or e-mail rvavasour@canterburymuseum.com
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The Japan Pinhole Photographic Society (JPPS) was founded as an organization in 2005 to promote the art of pinhole photography in Japan. Its purpose is to offer information on pinhole technique and camera making, organize workshops and events, hold informal pinhole photo taking gatherings, and yearly members’ exhibitions.
This event includes the member’s exhibition, a beginners workshop on Saturday, and a symposioum and general meeting on Sunday August 27.
The show runs Wednesday, 23 – Sunday, 27 August, 2006 at Koto-ku "Bunka" Center, 4-11-3, Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
More info at the JPPS site (in Japanese, though the Gallery link is in English)
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Have fun exploring the earliest form of photography by building your own camera. In this workshop participants build their own pinhole cameras and make exposures and prints. The workshop covers the history of photography and a variety of techniques for using pinhole photography.
Where: Columbia Museum of Art, The Art School
corner of Main and Hampton streets
Columbia, South Carolina, US
When: Sunday, 4 June, 2006, 1:00–4:30pm
Instructor: Grant Jackson
How much: $95 / $75 museum members. All supplies included.
Contact: columbiamuseum.org, lpierce AT columbiamuseum DOT org, 803.343.2208
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