Re: Art 21: Ann Hamilton

Lisa

If you have a fear of being caught in the act however small the probability,
then announce to everyone what you are doing by making you camera a parody
of a camera. Perhaps you can write "this is a camera" on the box and
announce to everyone what you are doing.
Then you can have fun with what people say. I was in a park once and it was
obvious what I was doing, not taking photos of people since the exposure was
a half hour one, but the box was on a tripod. A park attendant came up to
me and asked, or said, "why don't you use an ordinary camera? Isn't it
easier? So I gave him a quick summary of what it pinhole is about. It was
a pleasant half hour spent. My camera is silver and stands on a slim chrome
plated travel tripod. It looks a little like a square sputnik upside down.
It has a deep intelligence...

Alexis

on 25/1/02 5:06 pm, Lisa Reddig at lisa@julianrichards.com wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: R Duarte <rahji@rahji.com>
>
>> candid images of people.
>
> For fun you should check out this odd site I heard of last week.
> http://www.pinholespy.com/ It's a little strange, but interesting.
>
> There have been a number of well known photographers who have done sneeky
> pictures like that. (My favorite Harry Callahan to name one) The dillemma
> as always with these kinds of things is the moral one. I know legally
> people in public can be photographed legally. But I would feel paranoid
> doing it secretly. Too much stress. Kind of like stealing a grape at the
> fruit stand, it doen't really matter, but it stresses me out because of the
> minute possibility of being caught. And I guess my voyeristic tendencies
> are quite small.
>
> lisa
>
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Received on Fri Jan 25 14:23:47 2002