Pinhole Impressions Costa de la Luz
unas visiones por una camara estenopeica / visions with a pinhole camera
by Paul Debois
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The images featured here are part of an on-going personal project by Paul Debois, using a pinhole camera. The Costa de la Luz series of photographs evolved from a desire to capture the beauty and energy of the Atlantic coastline in the region near Cape Trafalgar, but in a different style to his normal work. Having spent many years working digitally, producing incredibly sharp and precise images, Paul wanted to produce something much softer in appearance and less technical in approach. Inspired by the early pigment/platinum prints of Edward Steichen, he used a pinhole camera to revisit the most basic form of photography. It calls for more reliance on instinct and creative vision than technology to produce the final image.
Working with a pinhole camera can be difficult as there is no viewfinder, which means the photographs are more spontaneous and almost uncomposed. The often necessary long exposures mean that images feature more movement and reflect the passage of time more vividly. This back to basics approach demands a completely different way of working. And these qualities suited the style of photographs he wanted to produce.
The resulting colour and monochrome landscape images have a beautiful ethereal appearance, but are also dark and sombre at the same time . The lack of a lens means there is a softness which resembles some 19th century work, but the images are from a very much contemporary viewpoint.
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Working with a pinhole camera can be difficult as there is no viewfinder, which means the photographs are more spontaneous and almost uncomposed. The often necessary long exposures mean that images feature more movement and reflect the passage of time more vividly. This back to basics approach demands a completely different way of working. And these qualities suited the style of photographs he wanted to produce.
The resulting colour and monochrome landscape images have a beautiful ethereal appearance, but are also dark and sombre at the same time . The lack of a lens means there is a softness which resembles some 19th century work, but the images are from a very much contemporary viewpoint.
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