What would happen if Paris, which is widely
familiar through various visual media, were captured with a low-tech, low-cost
"lensless" camera ?
Although everyone has heard of pinhole photography, the origin of photography, at least once, learning its principles in elementary school classes, it has been forgotten because it has not been put into practice or because we had not have the opportunity to see the works of it.
All of the exhibited works were taken by handmade cameras (dark boxes) made from materials close at hand and pierced with a needle. If you use your imagination and take advantage of the simplicity that lies behind the inconvenience of a pinhole camera, you can see advantages that a camera with a lens does not have.
A pinhole photographic view of Paris, based on a very elementary science that is both mysterious and original.
I hope you will enjoy it.
Mieko TADOKORO
Although everyone has heard of pinhole photography, the origin of photography, at least once, learning its principles in elementary school classes, it has been forgotten because it has not been put into practice or because we had not have the opportunity to see the works of it.
All of the exhibited works were taken by handmade cameras (dark boxes) made from materials close at hand and pierced with a needle. If you use your imagination and take advantage of the simplicity that lies behind the inconvenience of a pinhole camera, you can see advantages that a camera with a lens does not have.
A pinhole photographic view of Paris, based on a very elementary science that is both mysterious and original.
I hope you will enjoy it.
Mieko TADOKORO
| Paris taken by a lensless can-camera |  |
| Jul.23 fri. - Aug.4 Wed.1993 | |
| Fuji Photo Salon, event space Ginza | |
