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A (wooden) box with no lens, just a hole as big (or small) as a pin. That’s all there is to it. The images have an overall sharpness, but never a focus on one particular point. Because the hole is tiny the exposure times are long and can vary between 1 second and 20 minutes and sometimes even longer when the light is subdued.
Hence, the same piece of (mostly old) celluloid will be exposed to a particular event for a relatively long time; it’s not a fraction of a moment but rather a certain amount of time which is caught on film.

My pinhole camera has accompanied me on many of my travels. It stands for the timelessness of the world we live in. The details in these photographs are less important than catching the sense of a certain place and showing that life goes on.
Pinhole portraits also have a timeless quality to them. Due to the long exposure times, there is no time for keeping up appearances – only the self is left.

Pao de Azucar

Pao de Azucar

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2007.

Ipamena

Ipamena

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Phom Phen, Cambodia

Phom Phen, Cambodia

Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands

Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands

Vietnam

Vietnam

Venice, Italy.

Venice, Italy.

Gloria

Gloria

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Museum, built by Oscar Niemeyer

Museum, built by Oscar Niemeyer

Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Braisl, 2007.

Looking at Copacabana beach

Looking at Copacabana beach

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Lapa, area in Rio de Janeiro.

Lapa, area in Rio de Janeiro.

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2007

Coffee bar

Coffee bar

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Grocery

Grocery

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Favela, Observations 1

Favela, Observations 1

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Favela, Observations 2

Favela, Observations 2

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Hilton, room with a view

Hilton, room with a view

Caracas, Venezuela, 2008

Nuevo Arenal

Nuevo Arenal

Costa Rica

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Shanghai, China, 2008

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Yangshuo, China, 2008.

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Shanghai, China, 2008.

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Yangshuo, China, 2008

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Yangshuo, China, 2008

China,-in-the-South.jpg

Guilin, China, 2008

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Shanghai, China, 2008.

Pelicans

Pelicans

Venezuala, 2006.

Rio Negra

Rio Negra

Venezuela

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