Trails is a photography series of my exploration with pinhole cameras and developing a working process with this medium. My curiosity about the physics of pinhole photography sparked this investigation.
First, the slow exposure time inspired my studies of the relationships between myself, time, and space. In creating long exposures during my sleep, a life surrounding me is being observed and captured on film. The softness and fluid lines from the pinhole present a hazy and dreamy look as I myself was drifting away. The medium creates keyhole vignettes; therefore, creating the feeling as if the viewer is peeking through and focusing on a fixed view.
The vast black negative space surrounding the resulting images drew my attention. I then shifted my study to the negative space between the objects around me. Working with the pinhole is my way of breaking down the barrier between image and subject. The pinhole camera is simple; there is nothing between the subject and the film.
To contextualize the investigation, secondly, I studied the relationships of objects in a living space. Looking at my parents' home of two years at the time, the walls were still quite bare. There weren't many trinkets and pictures hanging around. Their bedrooms were also simple with only the essentials. There was no connection between them and their home. I want to minimize the distance in the only way I can, by minimizing the space between the viewers and the images.
In the printing of these images, the sizes of the images were small, and the choice of mounting them on matte boards is intentional. I am asking the viewer to lean in and look closer. By adding more blank space around images, the work itself is the focal point.
TAKEN ON CUSTOM PINHOLE CAMERAS WITH PHOTOSENSITIVE PAPER
TAKEN ON CUSTOM PINHOLE CAMERAS WITH LARGE FORMAT FILM SHEET
TAKEN ON DIGITAL CAMERA WITH PINHOLE LENS
IN PROGRESS PHOTOS
