Pinhole and film photography by Cameron Gillie

An image taken by pinhole photographer Cameron Gillie with a pinhole camera.
Pinhole photographer Cameron Gillie’s image of the Wisconsin State Capitol.

  Pinhole Photographer Cameron Gillie

Cameron Gillie is a fine art photographer with a fascination with pinhole photography and using vintage film cameras. Cameron came to pinhole photography and has reconnected with film photography through a diverse thirty-year photography career. He started with photojournalism at daily newspapers and that led to a freelance career. As a freelancer, Cameron has done everything from wildlife photography to weddings.   

Based in Madison, Wisconsin Cameron has exhibited his pinhole photography in galleries and art festivals around the Midwest.  

Cameron Gillie also offers workshops on film photography, pinhole, and Holga plastic cameras. 

Pinhole photography workshop

Holga film photography workshop

Holga photography

Bascom Hill taken with a Holga film camera
A double exposure taken with a plastic Hogla.

Cameron is also an avid Holga photographer using the simplicity of the plastic point and shoot film cameras to create images. The challenges of using Holga and pinhole photography has made photography new again and refreshed his creativity.

Around Wisco

Cameron is also a photojournalist documenting rural life around Wisconsin and the Midwest with digital cameras. He has published two photography books. For his first book he documented his 1200 mile journey as he hiked the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin. The second book he spent an entire season on a modern grain farm in Minnesota. His documentary work can be found on Around Wisco.