Pinhole Photography

Chapter 1 Introduction

A French pinhole photographer, Landry Dunand once said, "I am not anti- technology but for me, what I literally made with my hands is more valuable." (Landry Dunand, cited in Nakarin Wanakijpaibul, 2012, p.191)

It would not be wrong to state first and foremost that this study towards pinhole photography is dedicated to people whose philosophy are like Dunand's, a man who once carried a 20-kilograms pinhole camera to Kabul in Afghanistan, and mine.

I am first introduced to the concept of pinhole photography when I was eighteen and since then, the idea of a mixture between science and arts has intrigued me greatly. Not because the surprising combination of science and arts, which are two subjects that appear to be on the opposite ends of knowledge but I am thrilled because of the simplicity and the imagination science and arts together can create.

It is such a disappointment that pinhole photography seems to be forgotten and unknown to the majority of people in the present days where digital equipment is the norm among photographers and people. With a modern digital camera, photos are varied according to the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. These concepts and features are similar to operating a pinhole camera but with different approach, more effort, patience, and time.

When referring to time – time is an essential reason behind my decision to take all of the pictures with a homebrew, wooden box pinhole camera under the theme concept "My

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Family and the Time". It is so because pinhole photography takes time. In technical aspect, exposure is the time that I need to spend with the subject in a photograph. Hence this photoset, to me it is a reflection of my personal attitudes of being brought up in the family that the parents live separately, and towards my family members who hardly spend time together.

1.2 Objectives

1. Tostudythelogicandsciencebehindapinholephotography.