Introduction to group, Being an artist who primarily works with painting and drawing mediums, my style often incorporates surrealist and distortion effects. Which is why I was immediately captured by pinhole photography when I first stumbled upon it not so long ago. It is definitely something I will pursue seriously next year after I finish up work for my next solo exhibition this coming February in France. I think I have definitely come to the right place to seek answers when the time comes. Here is a link to some of my images:
http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/artvisionary/ Besides being an artist, I am also own and run Australia's largest collection of visionary art and curate museum exhibitions primarily using the works from my collection. Click on link below to see my current national Australian touring exhibition through regional art museums: http://www.org.nsw.gov.au/exhibitishow.htm So my first question to this group is where can one purchase small inexpensive examples of pinhole photos - original photos ? I have never seen any on Ebay and the few photographers that I have asked about this have been a little flaky and not answered back when they said they would. I am also open to trading some of my own art or ad space in my magazine too. Have any of you seen the photos by Tracy Bunkers who writes the Tublegs zine. Take a look at this link to see some of her (pinhole ?) photos: http://www.bonkersfiber.com/tublegs/tublegs.html I love the photo on the left of the legs inside the bath tub - that is a great photo and so perfect for the front cover of her zine. I also run an art magazine, Art Visionary, which specialises in visionary, surreal, fantastic and outsider art. It is an internationally distributed offset printed 64 page glossy art magazine. I would be open to showing the work of some of the pinhole photographers in future issues. If you wish to send me links to your websites to check out your work, please send to: artvision...@optusnet.com.au My magazine website is currently under construction. However you can see our old website on Tripod at: http://members.tripod.com/artvisionary/ http://www.artvisionary.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArtVisionary/ Sample copies are US$15 cash only for overseas customers and AU $10 cash or money order for Australian customers. Prices inclusive of postage. Thanks and hope to hear from some of you soon. Damian ________________________ Damian Michaels Artist - Editor - Curator Art Visionary Magazine The Collection Art Visionary GPO 1536 Melbourne, Victoria 3001 AUSTRALIA Mobile phone: (+61) 041 126 1235
