An important part of my photography is being innovative with every day, "low tech" means of creating images. I find it very satisfying to make photographs from the cameras I construct with my own hands. I feel this camera-crafting process is nearly as important to me as making the images themselves.
The 20 images to the right are examples of lensless pinhole images, most of which were made inside my homemade cameras. I occasionally use a pinhole camera manufactured by Holga, and this work is represented here, too.
I use light sensitive photographic paper as negatives in my homemade cameras, and process them myself with standard black and white chemistry. The Holga takes standard film, which I also process myself. The processed negatives are then digitally scanned and inverted to make positive images.
Please feel free to email me with any questions about the photographs you see here.
Keep scrolling to the right to view the photographs.
Main Street, Bisbee, Az September 12, 2009
paint can pinhole camera, photo paper negative
Bowl of Cherries
Pringles can camera, 5 second exposure, Fuji FP 100 instant film
Agua for your needs. A cemetery near Douglas, Az January 31, 2010
"Picassocam" pinhole camera, 45 second exposure, photo paper negative
10 minutes at The Diner
Holga pinhole camera, 120 film, 10 minute exposure
Upward-looking at Agua Calliente Park, Tucson, Az
Pringles can camera, 17 minute exposure, photo paper negative
Let's Take Ride! 2009 Festival Of Color, Sierra Vista, Az
paint can camera, 45 second exposure, photo paper negative
A Salute to Gymnastics
Holga pinhole camera, triple exposure
(20 min on the gym, 1 sec on subject) 120 film
Indiana Jones at Casa Grande Ruins, Coolidge, Az
ATC pinhole camera, 1 minute exposure, photo paper negative
Still Life- Daisies
"taxi tin" pinhole camera, 3 minute exposure, photo paper negative
Retired Out Back- Circa 1960s Dodge
Arizona Folklore Preserve, Hereford, Az
2-hole pinhole camera, 45-second exposure, photo paper negative
South Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona
"Picassocam" camera, 20 second exposure, photo paper negative
Conquistidors at Coronado National Memorial
Palominas, Az
Holga pinhole camera, 120 film
blueberries
paint can pinhole camera, 3 mintue exposure, photo paper negative
Old Timer Bisbee, Az
Holga pinhole camera, 2 minute exposure, 120 film
Beth's Ice Cream Shop Sierra Vista, Az
Pringles can camera, 20 minute exposure, phot paper negative
The Shed Behind Bisbee, Az
Holga pinhole camera, 1 minute exposure, 120 film
Clark Telescope, Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff, Az
paint can camera, 30 second exposure, photo paper negative
Cochise Lake near Willcox, Az
paint can camera, 1 minute exposure, phot paper negative
Blue Ridge Reservoir, Coconino County, Az
paint can camera, 30 second exposure
Leave the Mud at the Back Door
"taxi tin" camera, 2 minute exposure, photo paper negative