Zone Plate Self-Portrait of Scott McMahon
Scott McMahon Featured Pinhole Photographer Lancaster, PA
Artist's website: www.scottmcmahonphoto.com
"Time is such a fragile thing, but steadfast and always there. I am interested in how the pinhole camera can capture and illustrate the passage of time, the changing expressions and postures of a person or landscape and how information gets distilled in a single image. The simplicity of the pinhole camera and the complexity of the images it is capable of capturing has fascinated me for many years. By using handmade and often subject specific pinhole cameras I photograph intimate aspects of the world around us and capture fleeting moments of the ephemeral nature of existence. I believe that pinhole is closer to how we see, imagine, dream and process images" CK → As we all seem to be rocketing into the fast paced world of digital photography, it's refreshing to discover and see photographers like Scott McMahon still slowly creating photographs the old fashion way. Using fine art processes to capture the essence of who we are as human beings... beautiful, mysterious and imperfect. When I look at Scott's photos, I get a sense of slow distilled artistry that comes from being dedicated to the creation of the art form. As if each photo was hand carved into the paper and never to be created the same way again. It's no wonder that Scott's photos are published in one of the most acclaimed pinhole books, Pinhole Photography, Rediscovering a Historic Technique (2nd & 3rd Edition) by Eric Renner. Thanks Scott for sharing your work with us here and I wish you well wherever your creative path leads you in the future.
Harmonic Grid // 8"x8" zone plate tintype, 2004
Stranded // 10"x8" gum bichromate zone plate pinhole photograph, 1999 
Peters Valley // 10"x8" gum bichromate zone plate pinhole photograph, 1999
Cascading //36" x 9.5" gum bichromate pinhole photograph, 2003
Drift // 8"x10" zone plate gum bichromate pinhole photograph, 1998
Meeting Before The Flood // 8"x10" zone plate gum bichromate pinhole photograph, 1998
Gathering Pincer // 8"x10" gum bichromate pinhole photograph, 1996
Ill At Ease // 5"x4" pinhole tintype photo, 2000
Collector // 5"x4" pinhole tintype, 2000
Truth Window // 4"x5" pinhole tintype on enameled copper, 2003
Truth Window 2 // 4"x5" pinhole tintype on enameled copper, 2003
Pump Station // 30"x10" toned cyanotype pinhole photograph, 2002
Set For The Rise // 10"x8" gum bichromate zone plate photograph, 1997
Rain // 10"x8" gum bichromate pinhole photograph, 1993
Remnants Of Classical Spirit // 10"x8" gum bichromate zone plate pinhole photograph, 1998
Under Torment Sleep // 5"x8" (case) pinhole tintype (approx. 5"x1"), 2000
Insect Flower // 2"x2" (approx.) silver gelatin pinhole photograph, 1997
Scott McMahon's Pinhole Cameras // wood, metal, cardboard, foam core, modified lens cameras, etc. 1993-present
All photos cpopyright © 2009 Scott McMahon and Reproduced by Permission
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