Pinhole photography is actually lensless photography. A pinhole, replacing a lens, results in a unique soft, beautiful image with a nearly infinite depth of field. The tiny aperture is getting photography back to the basics (camera obscura). The MN photographers listed here, use their own handmade cameras or a store brought camera, and expose 35mm, medium format, large format film or paper negatives and digital images. Scenes exposed using a pinhole camera takes longer seconds, minutes or hours (even days) to achieve.

Because of the lengthy time required to expose scenes, many pinhole photographs include movement of the subjects. People, wind driven leaves, flowers or flags could be shown as ghosts; many times moving water is seen as snow on a lake or river.

In additional of MN Artists, there are many pinhole photography websites:
f295 International Pinhole Forum
Worldwide Pinhole Day
Pinhole Resources
Pinhole Visions
Without Lenses

League of Upper Midwest Pinholers
The MN Sun Post presentation for the hanging of the Leagues group show at the Edina Art Center

Pre-Show
The Edina cable show "Agenda: Edina" videotaped the League of Upper Midwest Pinholers using their camera to help explain what "pinhole" really means. In the videotape you can use the Jump To menu to view it faster.

MPR Art Hounds
The pinhole photography exhibit that's being shown at the Minneapolis Photo Center through the end of May 2009. Played on May 6th.

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