Mouth-pinhole portraiture! What a wonderful way to de-sensitize students to photographing other people close enough up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Reddig" <l...@julianrichards.com> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:19 AM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Art 21: Ann Hamilton
> Did anyone else watch the Art 21 episode on PBS last night? It had Ann > Hamilton who did a series of mouth pinholes. That part was only a small > part of the show, but it was interesting none the less. She used film > canisters that she put in her mouth, then took the tape off, then stood with > her mouth open for some seconds to take the picture. The thing that struck > me most was something she brought up. To take a picture of a person she has > to stand looking at that person about 1-2 feet away with her mouth open. > It's rather awkward. I can't even take pictures in public, outside of my > apartment. I always feel like people are stareing at me. It makes me > really uncomfortable, so I don't enjoy doing my art, so therefore I tend not > to do it. The process of making the image has become so private and > personal to me that I can't share it with anyone. Except my cats of course. > I may be limiting myself, but this limit has caused me to explore more in > the place I live and exist comfortably. > > lisa > > > ********************** > Olly Olly Oxen Free > ********************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
