Pinhole Artist Research : Craig Barber

“The slow pace of the pinhole is important to me. It provides a connection to my subject that a faster camera wouldn’t allow.”

Craig Barber is pinhole photographer who focuses on cultural landscape. He has focused his camera on Vietnam, Havana and New York documenting cultures in transition. In an interview by Erin Malone { http://www.withoutlenses.com/articles/interview/visiting-with-craig-j-barber } he reveals that his camera is home made using cardboard, gaffers tape, felt and a piepan, and shoots in a wide range of formats such as 8″ x 10″, 12″ x 20″1/2″ x 14″. He gives evidence of the great potential of homemade pinhole cameras.

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Craig’s camera

 

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He frequently combines sheets of film side by side to create an ultra wide angle / panaromic photo

 

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From his famous book “Ghost in the landscape : Vietnam Revisited”. He visit Vietnam 3 times to make this series, often using the pinhole technique to create “ghosts” in his pictures.

 

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One of his work from Havana

 

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