The gas mask pinhole camera was placed in front of a mirror shard during the exposure. Image size: 12x10 inches, matted 16x20 inches. One camera, one image.
Concept process: I found flotsam and jetsam objects along the shoreline of the Texas Gulf Coast and mapped the spot where they were picked up. In my studio, I converted the found objects into pinhole cameras. I loaded them with film and returned to the location where the found objects (now pinhole cameras) were mapped. I placed a mirror shard in front of the camera and let the camera photograph itself. The idea was to come full circle - a play on the shape of the pinhole.
Of course, there's commentary about our environment, recycling, and the symbolic meaning of a shard of mirror.
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The Chock full o'Nuts coffee can pinhole camera made the photograph.
The pinhole is located at the top of the red circle.
Actual size of the pinhole photo: 11x14 inches, matted - 16x20 inches.
One pinhole camera, one pinhole image made.
The pinhole photo is part of a series called "Alchemy."
The pinhole photo was developed using kitchen chemistry. Really!
Developer: A solution of caffeinated coffee crystals as reducing agent, washing soda as activator, and vitamin C as both reducer and accelorator agent.
Stop bath: White vinegar.
Fix: Salt water.
Photo: Neil Mittal and Carol Parker Mittal are seen drinking their Chock full o'Nuts coffee.
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