About

All photographs have been printed full frame and in limited editions.

What is Pinhole Photography?

Pinhole Photography is a lens-less photography. A very tiny hole replaces the lens on a conventional SLR 35 mm camera. When an exposure is made, light passes through the pinhole and an image is created. The black and white film is then traditionally processed and digitally printed for archival stability. Pinhole images are characteristically softer with an infinite depth of field, a partnership that renders a unique interpretation of any landscape. Exposures vary from a quarter of a second to four seconds, which invites the unexpected interplay of nature’s elements. Working with pinhole photography is the ultimate challenge in composition because the photographer can not see through the viewfinder when composing. All photographs have been printed full frame and in limited editions.

Why the Latin Names?

Some people may be curious as to why my pinhole images have Latin names. As many will recall from science class, Latin is commonly used for biological classification (and in the creation of new words in modern languages), which in turn leads to an acknowledgement of Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) He was the first to begin classifying all living things. Animal classification terms like vertebrates and invertebrates are still commonly taught to elementary students today. Aristotle was a man of science. His observations of the sun passing through a tiny hole in a leaf and the resulting projection of an image on the ground, during a partial eclipse, led to his fundamental understanding of the optical principle of the pinhole camera. Hurray Aristotle! Naming and labeling our surroundings goes hand-in-hand with the origins of language and living in a modern age. As a tribute to Aristotle, I have taken creative license and “invented” my own classification system for this series of images.