Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now, Jim, you better sit down before reading this, but I saw it posted on a rec.photo newsgroup, and couldn't resist posting it here: Tom Schofield For immediate distribution: Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day www.pinholeday.org - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Press Release FROM: WPPD (http://www.pinholeday.org) DATE: March 31, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHOTOGRAPHERS CREATE 1ST WORLDWIDE PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY DAY ON APRIL 29, 2001 World Pinhole photographers join to create first Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, April 29, 2001. On April 29, 2001, pinhole photographers around the world are invited to make a picture with a pinhole camera, and post the image at http://www.pinholeday.org. Pinhole Visions, the world's largest Internet pinhole organization, takes the lead in fostering this event. "A pinhole camera can cost nothing to make," says Gregg Kemp, leader of the team coordinating this event. "But it can change the way you look at things," he adds. This opinion is deeply shared by the ten other volunteer members of the Coordinating Team. Plans for this event quickly crystallized after Hong Kong pinhole enthusiast, Zernike Au, first shared his 'world pinhole day' dream. The team's challenge is to transform this seemingly simple utopian idea into a successful worldwide event. They hope April 29 will provide a wonderful opportunity and a creative stimulus for pinhole photographers everywhere. They encourage all pinholers, both new and experienced, to share their visions and celebrate the magical world of pinhole imagery. Simply stated, pinhole photography uses a tiny hole, rather than a glass lens, to form an image. All one needs to make a pinhole photograph is a light-tight box with a tiny hole on one side and photographic film or paper on the other side. A shutter, as basic as a piece of removable black tape, controls how much light enters the camera, hits the film, and forms the image. This type of camera offers special characteristics for the photographer: an overall softer image, infinite depth of field, skewed perspectives, and long exposures that play with the notion of time. Pinhole photography, once widely practiced, has regained popularity in the last several decades. The technique now counts several thousand professional and amateur enthusiasts around the world, all seduced by the beauty of these often surreal images. The imagination of pinhole photographers knows no limit--these lensless cameras range from a simple oatmeal box to a transformed camping van. Indeed, any light-tight box can be used. The Coordinating Team invites interested people around the world to participate in the first Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, April 29, 2001. For more information, please visit the official special event web site : http://www.pinholeday.org Coordinating Team Gregg Kemp (USA), Coordinating Team leader Zernike Au (Hong Kong) Diana Bloomfield (USA) Jean Daubas (France) Larry Fratkin (USA) Guy Glorieux (Canada) James Kellar (USA) Edward Levinson (Japan) Pam Niedermayer (USA) Guillermo Peñate (El Salvador) George Smyth (USA) copyright © 2001 WPPD (www.pinholeday.org)