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A clash between two worlds
My final project is based on my personal life experience. I come from a Pakistani background and my mother is a bit more old school. I on the other hand don’t believe in all of the traditions. To me it always feels like there will always be a divide between my western life, and my traditional Pakistani life. It’s always felt as if I don’t fit into either world and I don’t know my place. I don’t fit in with my cultural friends nor does it feel like I fit in with my cultural side. Both sides are obviously very dear to me, and they make me who I am. Despite saying that I still am not 100% comfortable with being me but it’s a work in progress.
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Maria Ali- Palladium
I put my palladium print on my Zine! Sorry- I just really liked how it turned out.
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Kinza Khan
Historical and alternative methods of photography
What exactly is a pinhole camera? a pinhole camera consists of a simple imaging device in the shape of a closed box or container. In one of the sides of said box is a small hole which., via the rectilinear propagation of light, creates an image of the outside space on the opposite side of the box. Pinhole images are softer – less sharp – than pictures made with a lens. The images have nearly infinite depth of field. Wide angle images remain absolutely rectilinear. Exposures are long, ranging from half a second to several hours. Images are exposed on film or paper – negative or positive; black and white, orcolor.
The first step is to make a light-tight box. Paint the box black with spray paint and seal it with electrical tape. Create a surface to hold light sensitive material. This surface can just be the back of the box. I used a piece of cardboard positioned about five inches from the aperture of my camera. In my pinhole camera, the cardboard film holder is movable. Tin foil makes a good aperture opening. Cut a square hole, tape a square piece of tin foil over it and punch a hole in the center of the foil using a needle. You don’t want an aperture that is too small. The size of your aperture will determine how long it takes to expose your image. After you make your pinhole, cover it with a piece of electrical tape that you can remove later. This is your shutter.
The earliest mention of this type of device was by the Chinese philosopher Mo-Ti(5th century BC). He formally recorded the creation of an inverted image formed by light rays passing through a pinhole into a darkened room. He called this darkened room a "collecting place" or the "locked treasure room." Aristotle (384-322 BC) understood the optical principle of the camera obscura. He viewed the crescent shape of a partially eclipsed sun projected on the ground through the holes in a sieve, and the gaps between leaves of a plane tree.
The Islamic scholar and scientist Alhazen (Abu Ali al-Hasan Ibn al-Haitham) (c.965 - 1039) gave a full account of the principle including experiments with five lanterns outside a room with a small hole. In 1490 Leonardo Da Vinci gave two clear descriptions of the camera obscura in his notebooks. Many of the first camera obscuras were large rooms like that illustrated by the Dutch scientist Reinerus Gemma-Frisius in 1544 for use in observing a solar eclipse.
The image quality was improved with the addition of a convex lens into the aperture in the 16th century and the later addition of a mirror to reflect the image down onto a viewing surface. In the Renaissance and later centuries the pinhole was mainly used for scientific purposes in astronomy and, fitted with a lens, as a drawing aid for artists and amateur painters.
Giovanni Battista Della Porta in his 1558 book Magiae Naturalis recommended the use of this device as an aid for drawing for artists. The term "camera obscura" was first used by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler in the early 17th century. He used it for astronomical applications and had a portable tent camera for surveying in Upper Austria.
Some photographers that have used pinhole cameras in their life time would be as followed: Eric O’Connell, and Nancy Breslin. Through pinhole photography, Eric O’Connell exposes the true emotion and inspiration behind the artist - both in reference to himself and to the artists that he photographs. The infinite depth of field gives his photos a softness and tonality. One particular series peaked my interest. The series artists in pinhole is a series of images of various artists. The long exposures required in pinhole photography often allows the artist an opportunity to interact within those spaces, collaborating in the creation of the final image. Portrait series of Artists using 4x5 pinhole cameras.
Nancy Breslin is a fine art photographer and a writer who works in DC. She had started out as an academic psychiatrist when she decided to leave medicine and start fresh as an artist.one body of work that sparked my interested was a series of images taken with Zero Image pinhole camera, this series consisted of over 2000 pictures dating back to 2002. All of the images consist of the various places the artist as visited while eating out. Quite similar to the Instagram trend all of these images consist of her food.
I personally find the pinhole camera very fascinating, the concept of practically just light forming an image is mind boggling. The fact that this concept has been around for eons is even more mind boggling.
Bibliography
“About.” Eric O'Connell Photographer, www.ericoconnell.com/about.
Manktelow, Peter, and Kodak World Headquarters. “How to Build Your Own Pinhole Camera.” Contrastly, 14 Aug. 2018, contrastly.com/pinhole-camera/.
Breslin, Nancy A. Squaremeals: by Pinhole Photographer Nancy Breslin, www.nancybreslin.com/squaremeals.html.
Manktelow, Peter, and Kodak World Headquarters. “How to Build Your Own Pinhole Camera.” Contrastly, 14 Aug. 2018, contrastly.com/pinhole-camera/.
“WHAT IS A PINHOLE CAMERA?” What Is a Pinhole Camera? [Pinhole.cz], www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/whatis.html.
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