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.
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.
Abdominal selfportrait resembling some sort of treasure map
Die Schwelle ist die Quelle
An ultra large format paper negative print on Japanese washi paper 60×90 cm
Last moments before surrender.
Three hours track of the orbiting sun. Paper negative 50×50 cm
New camera. Produces 40cm diameter paper negatives.
Triptych taken with the TripleTelecam. Contact print from papernegatives.120×50 cm
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.
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 