The Pinhole Project goes to Chicago

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I made this pinhole image from the 30th floor high above Michigan Avenue this last weekend in Chicago.  It is only a four day exposure but snow had fallen and the sun was out in the cold bright air. Perfect weather for long pinhole exposures.   I went to Chicago to attend the 50th Society for Photographic Education Conference, where about 1500 educators from around the country gathered.   It was inspiring and fun and I am extremely tired.  One of my favorite parts (not counting hearing Martin Parr and Elaine Mayes speak), was seeing the work of several hundred of the participants during the Friday night curator walk through.  I loved showing the Pinhole Project to many people that night.  The next day, I spoke with the Ilford representative, (straight from England) who gave me some interesting possible explanations  concerning the color shifts that we have been getting in the exposures.

Powidoki

At first it was wonderful to just meet Gio (John) Apruzzese, and to know there was another human close by in this deserted lonely town. I was curious about his writing. He was very easy to talk to and the books in Lo Studio provided fodder for our talk. Turns out Gio...

A New Website

A New Website

I am a lucky person.  Mostly.  Since the pandemic began, I have been staying home, like most people and as most of you know, I shattered the femur in my right leg, August 24th.  It took almost four months for that to heal.  In the meantime, my friends have been very...

Self-Portrait after 911

Self-Portrait after 911

Here is another one of a kind print from the early 2000s.  This is a self portrait taken with my old Mimaya TLR (twin lens reflex):  the film slipped when advanced.  I would get many frames that overlapped (a precursor to the pinhole images I do today).  The camera...