With automatic digital cameras taking the world by storm, some people worry that the craft of photography is in danger of being lost. The images that are being posted on for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day next week should reassure them. Technology overload? Forget it. These cameras don鈥檛 even have lenses: all you need is a lightproof container with a pinhole at one end and light-sensitive film at the other.
Pinhole cameras can be made small enough to fit almost anywhere. Justin Quinnell from Bristol, UK, took this image with a camera clenched between his back teeth. During the 10-second exposure, he steadied his head with cushions and illuminated the inside of his mouth with a pair of flashguns held beneath his chin. This picture is from Mouthpiece (Dewi Lewis Publishing, ISBN 9781904587330, 拢9.99), a book of Quinnell鈥檚 work published last year.
Pinhole photography has its quirks, though. 鈥淭he fact that the cameras don鈥檛 have a viewfinder introduces an element of unexpected discovery,鈥� says Quinnell, who avoided indecent exposure in this case by managing to hide his outstretched body behind his lower teeth.
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