"A lot has changed in communication technologies since I made my first pinhole camera thirty years ago. Oddly enough all these new high tech toys have made taking photographs with my various pinhole cameras even more rewarding. I'm not the only one who feels this way. One can see by the numerous pinhole websites (including this one of Chris Keeney's) that the desire to understand the basic principles of light and photography and use them to make images has really grown, possibly as a reaction to more complex technologies. I love this pinhole process not just for the unique images you can produce, but because it forces you to slow down and really look at and experience what you are photographing. I never was in league with the 1/250 of a second representation. That's not the world I live in, see and experience. The bulk of my photo work over the past 20 years has explored the landscape and architectural icons. Travel and time are themes that reoccur in my work. Most of my exhibited work has explored the familiar iconic images of classic travelers’ destinations. My focus is on the mood certain sites trigger in our memories, but which rarely can be captured on film. Because of the long exposure times I use, these images record not an instant but a passage of time at a site, distilling the essence of a location. By combining images of the old and new worlds I’m trying to present a world where distance is no longer an issue, but our time to savor the essence of what is around us is." Pinhole self-portrait of Dianne Bos (Italy) Vancouver Canada Artist's website: www.diannebos.com

CK → There are those that follow and those that lead and I think Dianne is one of those people that leads. I like how Dianne explores the deepest corners of her imagination using pinhole photography to see the world in a whole new differant way. With that being said, I was pleased to find that Dianne is a pinhole photography teacher as well. I can only imagine how much fun it would be to take one of Dianne Bos' pinhole workshops in Italy this May. Thanks Dianne for sharing your words and images with us here. Can't wait to see more of Dianne's photos and what comes out of her pinhole workshops this spring in Italy.


Petit Larousse 1963 Pinhole camera book 2003
  
Nouvelle Rome 1939 Pinhole camera book 2003

Apples Pinhole camera book photo (Petit Larousse) 2003

The Pantheon, Rome Pinhole camera book photo 2003

Chestnut Tree, 2007 Pinhole camera book (Science Naturelles) photo

Versailles Ghost 2003 Pinhole photo chromogenic print. 30 x 30"

Studio (Artist’s Studio, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy) Pinhole photo (Silver print 18 x 18")

Jetfrost Pinhole photo

Gargoyle Paris, France, 1991 Pinhole photo

Beach (Sitges, Spain 1991) Pinhole photo

Horse Chateau (Chateau de Gudanes, France, 2004) Pinhole photo - Silver gelatin print. 40 x 40"

Milky Way by Candlelight, 1999 Pinhole photo - Silver print. 32 x 40"

Galaxy Self Portraits as Clusters (1999) Pinhole photo - Silver print. 16 x 20"

All photos © 2009 Diane Bos and Reproduced by Permission

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