just recently i have been looking at many artist and the ones that interest me the most are the ones that have a process to their work. i enjoying knowing what they did to get their result even though its like pulling back the curtain and revealing the wizard. one artist that i have seen in the past but always come back to is ann hamilton. i have discovered some images of hers that are pin hole photos but the camera is made to fit into her mouth. the idea of having a camera like this is crazy to think about...i would have never been able to even fathom anything like this. the images she has with this camera are portraits but they are great to look at. the images are not all clear but the process intrigues me to look at them longer.
I am definitely going to have to check this out! Apparently we pinhole photographers are more than a little wierd, even by normal photographer's standards, and a number of pinhole cameras have been made by using body parts. One of the more unusual ones I've seen is by Melson Carlsen. He uses the pinhole camera to address gender identity and preconcieved notions about relationships and taboos. Here is an article I found about some of his work: http://www.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/2006/02/24/arts/article1.html
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