My pinhole photography book entitled “The Pinhole Thing: The Beauty of Simplicity” is in production!
I’ve always dreamed of publishing a pinhole photography book featuring my pinhole photography. With some luck and your help with a Kickstarter I hope to make it a reality.
Why Pinhole?
My pinhole cameras are nothing more than a light-tight box with a tiny hole that projects an image on film. There is no lens and no viewfinder. A pinhole camera boils photography down to its simplest components: light and composition, a huge contrast to today’s digital photography. As a photojournalist, I worked with digital photography from its very beginning. In contrast, my pinhole cameras are the most basic form of photography.
These limitations of the pinhole camera make photography new again for me. This return to simplicity has taught me a lot about photography and the way I see and view the world. There is a beauty to this simplicity that is often lost in a digital world. A pinhole image is an organic handmade photograph that invites a conversation of what we gain and what we are loosing with technology becoming a bigger part of our lives.
The Kickstarter
I will be launching a Kickstarter soon to pre-order the book. There will be additional rewards available like limited edition silver gelatin darkroom framed prints. I will also be offering a special VIP pinhole photography workshop. With your help, I hope we can make this book a reality.
The design of the 128-page hardcover coffee table book already has a first draft. Then it’s on to polishing the design and proofing. If the Kickstarter is successful, goal is to have the completed book in hand for November delivery.
I’m excited at the prospect of sharing my best pinhole photography with you.
About Cameron
Cameron has been a film photographer for 30 years as a national award winning photojournalist and as a fine art photographer with his pinhole and Holga cameras.
Cameron has published two photojournalism photography books with digital photography. For Around Wisco: Hiking the Ice Age Trail he documented his hike of the entire 1200 mile Ice Age Trail. His second book is Ristad Farms: Grain Farming in the Red River Valley where Cameron spent an entire season on the farm in Minnesota documenting life on a modern farm.
Cameron’s film photography has been awarded “best in photography” many times at art festivals. His film photography zine Small Towns – Big Spaces was acquired by the National Art Gallery Library in Washington D.C.