Re: 1st WWPD - Draft Press release

Lots of people without a darkroom can also participate by simply building a
camera obscura.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Sellers" <scottsellers@mindspring.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] 1st WWPD - Draft Press release

> Hello Guy,
>
> Fabulous stuff. Good going! I can hear teletypes ticking around the
> world! I'll offer a few minor changes.
>
> Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 8:34:14 AM, you wrote:
>
> > Hi folks!
>
> > I sharpened my pen last night and drafted a Press release for the WWPD.
> > This is just a draft to kick around. Make any suggestions, changes you
> > want to make and circulate them back to the list. We're gettin' there!
>
> > Cheers,
>
> > Guy
>
>
> > -----------------------------------------
>
> > Pinhole photographers create 1st Worldwide Pinhole Photography day
>
> > Pinhole photographers from around the world working through the internet
> > established the first World Pinhole Photography day, to take place on
> > April 19, 2001. Pinhole Vision and Pinhole Resource, the two largest
> > pinhole photography organizations based in the United States, announced
> > their enthusiastic support for this grass-root initiative. On that day,
> > pinhole photographers from all over the planet are invited to take their
> > pinhole box, shoot a picture and post it on the first World Pinhole
> > photography day web site.
>
> Pinhole photographers around the world, working through the internet,
> have established the first World Pinhole Photography Day, to take
> place on April 29, 2001. Pinhole Visions and The Pinhole Resource, the
> two largest pinhole photography organizations based in the United
> States, have announced their enthusiastic support for this grass-roots
> initiative. On that day, pinhole photographers from around the globe
> are invited to take their pinhole cameras, shoot some pictures, and
> post them on the first World Pinhole Photography Day web site.
>
> > Pinhole photography, one of the oldest photography technique in
> > history, has regained vigour as a photographic genre in the past
> > several decades. It now counts several thousand professional
> > artists and supporters around the world who are seduced by the
> > beauty of the images created by these lensless cameras. There is no
> > limit to the imagination of pinhole photographers whose equipment
> > goes from the simple oatmeal box with a tiny little pinhole to
> > Volkswagen vans turned into a camera.
>
> Pinhole photography, one of the oldest photography techniques known,
> has regained vigour as a photographic genre in the past few decades.
> It now counts several thousand professional artists and supporters
> around the world, who have been seduced by the beauty of the images
> created by these lensless cameras. There is no limit to the
> imagination of pinhole photographers, whose equipment ranges from
> simple oatmeal boxes to precision view cameras to a Volkswagen Van
> turned into a camera.
>
> > For more information about this event or to find out how to submit your
> > own pinhole photograph on April 29, please contact **Web site to be
> > announced**
> > ----------------------------------------------
>
> Again, great stuff Guy.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Scott mailto:scottsellers@mindspring.com
>
>
>
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Received on Tue Feb 20 23:14:32 2001