Pinhole camera project

I decided not to edit any of my photos past inverting them to embrace the imperfections of my work. I have ripped photo paper and cut photo paper that is off to highlight the imperfections in my work. With one of my self-portraits, I even got pen on it and I decided to fix it but I didn’t want to just cut it and ignore the mistake I had made so instead I ripped it to highlight the mistake and embrace it.

Duration sequence (ass pics)

- The duration shows the learning with the pinhole camera, first and second picture are shaky and not clear, also a line through one of them and it just isn’t the clearest, but it shows the learning process to get a good picture. The third one is still a little blurry, but I honestly like the esthetic. Shows the time it takes to work through a problem and working through how to take a good photo.

- So, mooning pictures, why did I decide to do mooning pictures? You might ask, I have three main reasons behind it.

o First reason is that the box I used for my camera holds a lot of negative energy and weight for me and it is kind of like a last fuck you to that part of my life.

o Second is from a more feminist perspective in that mooning is seen as a more male act and it is seen as quite vulgar and not “lady like” so it is taking this back for women and showing that we can be vulgar, and nudity doesn’t have to be inherently sexual.

o The last one and I think the most important is that its 2021 and we are living through a pandemic and I’m out here taking pictures of my ass with a pinhole camera…. That’s fucking hilarious I think anyways

Self portrait

- I took a couple self-portraits and inverted them.

- Not much to it just a picture of me

Where my eyes cannot go

- I decided to rip and cut photo paper and then stick it back together and take a picture then develop it with the ripped and cut paper.

- Due to the fact that it is raised and different textures due to the paper and there are sometimes spots missing due to the collaging, there is no way that my eyes could go there by themselves.

- I had a more intricate idea for this portion another part to it but I ran out of time.

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