Bethany de Forest from Amsterdam, The Netherlands is the December 2009 pinhole photographer feature brought to you by San Diego photographer, Chris Keeney.
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"I guess I like pinhole-photography most because it's such a simple technique that also allows lots of experimentation.
I first started using a pinhole camera as a necessity. I wanted to photograph a small glass structure, I had built, from a very low perspective and that way create the feeling it was a life-size building. Therefore my first camera was a matchbox. After this there was no stopping and for a while I turned lots of boxes and containers into camera's.
That's what's so fantastic about photography. You decide on size and appearance of the camera. As I use lots of mirrors in my diorama's. Because of this the camera often appears in the mirror and takes a part in the image. A conventional camera always looks like a camera. But a pinhole-camera can have many shapes.
Another thing I like about pinhole is that you can decide on the angel of the picture. In my work I use a very wide angle and I love the light fall-out towards the edges. Your sort of sucked into the image.
The endless depth of field is also one of the special features. This can create a total new perspective on things. The scale of objects is deformed which can give a very surreal effect. Also the way it captures the light and colors is often a surprise and an ode to coincidence.
And after 20 years of working with pinhole I'm still not bored with it and sometime still amazed the magic of it still works."
– Bethany de Forest
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Title: Caravan // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Canyoncar // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Klaprozen Mist // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Koepelvlinders // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Roze Sprink // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Varentuin // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Vlinderkik // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Tussen Bomen // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Eiffelsnelweg // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Zwempaleis // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Druppel // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Pegels // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Vlindertrek // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Pepermieren // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
Title: Speldveld // Pinhole photo of artist assemblage by Dutch photographer Bethany de Forest
A few of Bethany de Forest's handcrafted/homemade and decorated pinhole cameras made of tin boxes and canisters
All photos © 2009 Bethany de Forest and reproduced by permission
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