(Image/illustration above from ©WPPD)
Sunday, April 27 is WorldWide Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD)! Check out the WPPD Gallery, and don't forget to upload your own pinhole image. You have until May 31 to do so!
I made this pinhole image below with a 4x5 'Leonardo' and some years-old Fuji 4x5 color film. My exposure was somewhere around 2 to 3 minutes.
Horizon through the Pinhole ©Diana H. Bloomfield 2014
Dancer
Several of my pinhole images, from the Figurative series, have been a part of The Pinhole Resource Collection for many years. The Pinhole Resource, owned by Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer, is located in New Mexico and houses the world's largest collection of pinhole imagery. In April, 2012, the Pinhole Resource Collection was acquired by the New Mexico Museum of History, Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I'm thrilled that my imagery will also be included in the upcoming exhibition showcasing this Collection, Poetics of Light scheduled to open on April 27, 2014 and run through March 29, 2015.
Girl in Mirror
Three of my gum bichromate images were selected for TPS23: International Competition. And I am thrilled to also learn that one of my tri-color gum bichromate images, Girl in Mirror, was awarded Third Place. The juror was Susan kae Grant. The exhibit opens on April 4, 2014, at A Smith Gallery, located in Johnson City, Texas. Also below is an installation photo from the show that Amanda Smith, Gallery Director from the A Smith Gallery, in Johnson City, sent me:
I am pleased to have my image, Girl with Pomegranate, included in Art Intersection's 3rd Annual Light Sensitive Exhibition: Light Sensitive 2014: Celebrating Images from the Darkroom (juried by Tom Persinger, F295). March 8 - April 16, 2014. Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ. Opening Reception: Saturday, March 8, 2014, 6 pm - 8 pm. Installation photo below.
Girl with Pomegranate
Art Intersection Light Sensitive 2014 installation
Check out the March 2014 issue of Walter magazine, featuring my journey as a photographer and my work-- Through a Pinhole (article written by Samantha Thompson Hatem; photographs by Tim Lytvinenko).
Some of my pinhole cameras; image from Walter magazine
I'm honored to have two of my tri-color gum prints selected for inclusion in"Passages: An Exhibition of Figurative Abstraction," to be shown at the A.D. Gallery of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. February 7 - March 6, 2014. Reception: Thursday, February 20, 4:00 - 5:30 pm.
©Jill Enfield (Jill's book cover above)
I am honored to have tri-color gum bichromate images selected for Jill Enfield's new book, Jill Enfield's Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes: Popular Historical and Contemporary Techniques, published 2013.
©Christina Anderson (Christina's book cover above)
I am also honored to have gum bichromate, and cyanotype over platinum, images included in Christina Z. Anderson's new book, also published in 2013, Gum Printing and other AMAZING Contact Printing Processes.
For anyone interested in alternative photographic printing processes, both these books are incredible resources-- jam-packed with detailed how-to information, history, and beautifully reproduced imagery by many photographic artists. Both books can be purchased via Amazon.
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An Exhibit of Gum Bichromate Prints at Lightbox Photographic Gallery
"In Memory and Honor of Katharine Thayer featuring the work of Katharine Thayer and Diana Bloomfield along with a juried exhibit of Gum Bichromate Prints featuring 15 printers from around the world . . . " May 11 - June 13, 2013
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