When I took Alan Greene's pinhole photography class, he brought in a homemade lens camera and showed us how he takes a lot of his photos. He would sit down at a coffee place or something, put the camera on the table, surreptitiously take a meter reading, and while looking in another direction he'd remove the lens cap and put it back on. (Although, carrying a black box around might draw more attention these days than it did last year.) In any case, it was pretty funny watching him show us how to be sneaky and get these sort of candid images of people. He didn't ask for permission since the figures were never recognizable in the finished images anyway (since the shutter speeds were so slow). He had some neat images of conversations - the blurred figures and clear backgrounds showed this movement that made it feel like you were watching an actual conversation or something.
Rob > From: "Lisa Reddig" <l...@julianrichards.com> > Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:19:44 -0500 > To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Art 21: Ann Hamilton > > Did anyone else watch the Art 21 episode on PBS last night? It had Ann > Hamilton who did a series of mouth pinholes. That part was only a small > part of the show, but it was interesting none the less. She used film > canisters that she put in her mouth, then took the tape off, then stood with > her mouth open for some seconds to take the picture. The thing that struck > me most was something she brought up. To take a picture of a person she has > to stand looking at that person about 1-2 feet away with her mouth open. > It's rather awkward. I can't even take pictures in public, outside of my > apartment. I always feel like people are stareing at me. It makes me > really uncomfortable, so I don't enjoy doing my art, so therefore I tend not > to do it. The process of making the image has become so private and > personal to me that I can't share it with anyone. Except my cats of course. > I may be limiting myself, but this limit has caused me to explore more in > the place I live and exist comfortably. > > lisa > > > ********************** > Olly Olly Oxen Free > ********************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
