Freiburg im Breisgau II

The Eisenbahnstraße, in Freiburg im Breisgau, is one of the main streets of the city with beautiful buildings in its past European feeling.... more

by Marcio Faustino

Title

Freiburg im Breisgau II

Artist

Marcio Faustino

Medium

Photograph - Film Photography

Description

The Eisenbahnstraße, in Freiburg im Breisgau, is one of the main streets of the city with beautiful buildings in its past European feeling.

The photo is a very wide angle panoramic image shot with a pinhole analogue camera, with middle format black and white film negative (6x17).

Pinhole cameras have no lenses. They are only a box with a tiny hole to let the light (image) in and a film negative inside. I like to say it is truly a pure photography. Photography at its essence.

The long exposure from pinhole photographs give me time to actually look and appreciate the scenario and the moment. Often I observe the location for many minutes before taking my camera from the bag. Then I keep contemplating the scene while the long exposure photograph is in process. It is a very relaxing process.

The film negative was developed by me. It was handcrafted before being digitized, for this reason you may find spots of dust and scratch as you would find in the original hand made optic prints. I consider it part of the rustic work charm.

Black and white pinhole images have a feeling of mysteriousness in it, specially with wide angle images which create an enigmatic and dynamic effect. It definitely is an exotic and unique photo result.

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March 24th, 2020