Re: Art 21: Ann Hamilton

Mouth-pinhole portraiture! What a wonderful way to de-sensitize students to
photographing other people close enough up.
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From: "Lisa Reddig" <lisa@julianrichards.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:19 AM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Art 21: Ann Hamilton

> Did anyone else watch the Art 21 episode on PBS last night? It had Ann
> Hamilton who did a series of mouth pinholes. That part was only a small
> part of the show, but it was interesting none the less. She used film
> canisters that she put in her mouth, then took the tape off, then stood
with
> her mouth open for some seconds to take the picture. The thing that
struck
> me most was something she brought up. To take a picture of a person she
has
> to stand looking at that person about 1-2 feet away with her mouth open.
> It's rather awkward. I can't even take pictures in public, outside of my
> apartment. I always feel like people are stareing at me. It makes me
> really uncomfortable, so I don't enjoy doing my art, so therefore I tend
not
> to do it. The process of making the image has become so private and
> personal to me that I can't share it with anyone. Except my cats of
course.
> I may be limiting myself, but this limit has caused me to explore more in
> the place I live and exist comfortably.
>
> lisa
>
>
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Received on Fri Jan 25 15:43:58 2002