Tag: Pinhole

Unauthorized WPPD-branded pinhole cameras

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Tom Miller posted this to Pinhole Visions and the Spitbite Pinhole Mailing List. I’m re-posting it in its entirety:

Dear Photography Enthusiast,

The Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD) coordinators noticed that commercial pinhole cameras engraved with our name and logo are being offered for sale. This is being done without the authorization of the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day organization.

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is a community service organization operated as a not-for-profit; we are not a commercial enterprise. We don’t sell anything, but exist only to benefit all people by providing information about pinhole photography and by providing a gallery open for all people to post one pinhole photograph as part of the annual Pinhole Day celebration.

While we encourage people to use our artwork to promote the Pinhole Day event, we do not authorize use of our name and artwork for commercial purposes. Please keep this in mind if you are considering a purchase of a camera with our name and logo on it, as the purchase does not benefit Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. Thank you for your understanding.

Tom Miller, on behalf of the
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day Coordinating Team

Glazer’s Camera pinhole/Holga photo competition

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Paul Beard of A Crank’s Progress blog writes:

You’d think they might mention it on their website, but alas, no.

Anyway, they’re running a contest from July 1 to August 12 [2006]. Any Holga or pinhole images is acceptable (need not be a modded Holga—not that that stopped me from grabbing one of their kits: $25 for a Holga, 2 rolls of film, and a few feet of gaffer tape on a 120 spool).

Call Brent @ 206 624 1100 for more info.

Via the f295 Pinhole Forum

Japan Pinhole Photographic Society group show

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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)

Via Pinhole Visions

Interview with pinhole photographer Edward Levinson

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Pinhole Visions‘ Gregg Kemp interviews pinhole photographer Edward Levinson about Levinson’s new book, Timescapes Japan – A Pinhole Journey [book blogged previously]:

Gregg: Has the experience of preparing this book caused you to re-examine or take a fresh look at your work, or at your life in Japan?

Edward: That is an interesting question. In selecting the images for the book, one thing I noticed is that it was often the earlier images that seemed the freshest or at least seemed to have the most impact.

Read interview at pinhole.com

Aerial pinhole photography!

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This one’s via Dennis at Captured Starlight, who writes:

Daniel G’s work continues to amaze and surprise me. Daniel has long been into aerial photography using RC model planes (with small digital cameras controlled from the ground with servos). More recently, Daniel has taken up pinhole photography (some of his previous projects have been posted here previously). All along I’ve secretly been hoping that Daniel would combine his two hobbies and make an aerial pinhole camera. Well, Daniel took me up on my offer of a free pinhole and used it to make exactly that. The results are astonishing!

See the results and follow his progress at Photoplane Pinhole Blog!

Nancy Breslin’s pinhole photography in group show

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Check out this summer group show of contemporary art, "Dwell, Bond, Connect", including pinhole photography by Nancy Breslin.

The show runs Saturday, 15 July through Saturday, August 19, 2006 at Gallery Imperato, 921 E. Fort Avenue, Suite 120, Baltimore, MD, US.

The gallery is open Tues–Thurs 11–7; Fri–Sat 11–9; Sun 1–7.

Opening reception on Saturday, 15 July, 2006 at 6:00 pm.

For more information, see the gallery’s Web site, galleryimperato.com.

Via Pinhole Visions

Weird pinhole camera roundup

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Chris Keeney's Spamera pinhole camera

The great thing about making cameras is that they’re really dead simple: box + light detector (film or sensor) + hold for light = camera. When there’s no lens involved, there’s heaps of room for creativity. While many people opt for more traditional materials like wood, metal, foamcore, or modify an existing camera, some people go all out.

Here’s a [doubtless incomplete] roundup of some of the stranger things I’ve seen people make pinhole cameras out of, to date. Note that many of these links have construction instructions!

If you’re looking to build your own, f295 Lensless Photography Discussion Forum is a great resource full of freakishly helpful camera hackers.

Know of anything I missed? Tell us!