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class of Burning Man
Participans of one of the pinhole workshops that I gave at Burning Man last year.
I collaborated with The Pinhole Project. We used these large drums to photograph the art in Black Rock City, and we developed the paper negatives in our mobile desert-darkroom.
artcar
Pinhole taken at Burning Man 2023.
The sunlight can be extremely bright in the Black Rock desert, resulting in very high contrast images. I experimented with flipping the paper negative (50×50 cm) to add more midtones. The emulsion side is facing the back side of the camera, extending the exposure time with 4 or 5 stops.
defaced belly
Abdominal selfportrait resembling some sort of treasure map
brink
Die Schwelle ist die Quelle
An ultra large format paper negative print on Japanese washi paper 60×90 cm
siege
Last moments before surrender.
orbiting sun
Three hours track of the orbiting sun. Paper negative 50×50 cm
triptych telecam
New camera. Produces 40cm diameter paper negatives.
crosshair
Triptych taken with the TripleTelecam. Contact print from papernegatives.120×50 cm
sun marks
First image from the SunRa Solar Camera. 45 minute exposure from the rooftop of my studio. I did not develop the paper negatives, this is how they came out of the camera. The sun ‘burned’ it’s track into the paper.
sun ra solar camera
Discovering new ways of solargraphy. I created a multi-tele-camera from tubes of different lengths an d different pinhole sizes. Mounted it on a tripod, faced sunwards under right angle . Placed on the roof of my studio, it bears some resemblance of a rocket launcher, and also of some sort of icy dark extrasolar mineral cluster.
I am testing it right now. Keep you posted for the results.
This photo was taken with the Shoebox-pinhole camera. The paper negative was bleached with potassium dichromate/ hydrochloric acid an redeveloped. This created a positive image. #reverseprocess
Lucas Kastelijn 