printing some ten years ago.
With
hand coated emulsions, I was
making
contact prints of my 6 x 7 cm

negatives, but because the
negatives
were so small, I created
multiple
image prints. By combining
two,
three, four or more negatives,
I
made a larger picture. Then I
found
the oatmeal pinhole camera for

making 8x10 inch negatives and
I
really like the distortion and
the
extreme wide angle of the
round camera.
I have experimented with
plastic
cameras, panoramic cameras,
four lens
3D cameras, video cameras and
a
flatbed scanner as a camera.
The
pinhole camera is a delight
because
it gives me results that are
constantly a surprise.

I enjoy being able to make an
image
rooted in 16th Century pinhole
optics,
and then juxtapositing that
with 21st
Century digital print
manipulations.
The final image is a perfect
blend
of these opposites. In my
diverse
series, I have always tried to
find
a mix of image and process.
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