Rachel Covarrubia submits Herre, Volkmar 4

Herre uses the camera obscura to their advantage to their advantage by using the dark edges caused by the pinhole to add to their minimalistic imagery.
While normally one would see the imagery as too minimal, the use of the shadows and highlights of the picture, along with the quality of the image really adds to the image as a whole.
So then  normally simple pictures become much more.

Artist website

Rachel Covarrubia submits Udo Beck 3

Udo Beck states that he views pinhole photography as a inhuman way of viewing the world, a different way of seeing it. He accomplishes this through use of multiple pinholes and different angles, coming together to form one image. Through blending and overlapping, each image almost seems like a journey, or even a story of a journey. One enjoys the use of the angles, none of which seeming to appear on solid ground, giving a sense of dizziness throughout the image. The imagery, often that of repetition, adds to the idea of another inhuman view of the world. Relating the imagery to that of a fly or some other creature in the world. Giving a sense of wonder to the viewer of perhaps what other creature in the world may view it like this.

Udo Beck website

Rachel Covarrubia submits Walter Crump 2

With his warped worlds and limited colors which he adds himself, Walter Crump brings a disfiguried view to the world. The use of shape within the images, along with placement, brings to question to viewers "Where am I?"As if stepping into a drunken alter reality, the stretched buildings and intimidate and frighten the viewer. If it's the intention or not, the imagery and tones of the pictures almost frighten.Taking the use of lines, if it be horizon lines or just architecture lines of buildings, there's a broken view of the world. If not for the toning, some of the images would just look like any other photo. But the tones bring something new, something different and emphasize the pictures, giving them their sense of being lost in this big world, where everything is looming over you.

Walter Crump website

Rachel Covarrubia submits Chris Keeney 1

In this experimental pinhole image by Chris Keeney, we see different elements being brought in to the image. We have what appears to be different images coming together, such as the hand over the image of Our Lady Guadalupe. There is even hints of finger and hand prints with the indention's of the skin showing through image. It calls to question how the artist was able to print on such images. Is it perhaps through the process itself? Or over the photos? Perhaps just overlaying of images. I find the imagery intriguing, and having looked at other works in his gallery, I wonder if there is some perhaps religious ties to the images and artist themselves.. Perhaps it is saying something of shame against religion.

The artist as a whole through his experimentation of pinhole, as well as his notes on what he is using for the pictures, what camera he has made, and the imagery he presents, is really something I quite enjoy. He takes images that many see in their day to day life, and bring them in a new light.

Chris Keeney homepage