Remember the Pinhole Camera? Remember it's simplicity? You put a piece of photo paper in a little box with a hole in it and then take it outside and make a picture.
There is a fellow named Michel Bayard, who hasn't forgotten. Not only does he take pinhole photographs, but he has developed a rapport with the medium that gives his small prints a lovely, elegant and timeless look. Here are his words:
My work with Pinhole Photography involves using small containers (film cannisters, Whitman candy and Altoids boxes, dog food cans, and others)...I handprint every photo in my darkroom...I do pinhole photography because of its magical simplicity.
Michel's photographs are small (really small!) and sweet - perfect art for a small apartment - and in the classic mold of mythical New York streetscapes and views. The joyousness of the small and the handmade.
rapor = rapport?
me = stickler
Seriously people, if you don't know the word, look it up.
="raport" becomes "rapport" all because of the one thing I didn't have in my 6th grade spelling bee, "help."
"raport" becomes "rapport" all because of the one thing I didn't have in my 6th grade spelling bee, "help." Thanks, SKS
i bought one of his pieces years ago... and as small as it is near all my bigger pieces, it gets a LOT of comments.
i love how the manhattan bridge twists up and around itself.
http://spe.fotologs.net/?u=mbayard&i=2003/09/18/1063939379.jpg&c=f
go get one, you'll love it!
Hey, cut our gracious host some spelling slack, wouldja?! Or were you just using it to relive your former spelling glory? Impressive!
And it's not the size of the piece that matters.
(It's the width of the mat.) ;)
Michel is the pinhole master! Get his stuff.
As a non-NYer, which Farmer's Market can I find him at?
Thanks!
You can find him on the west side of Union Square. Can't miss him!
I bought three of his Brooklyn Bridge photos and love them. Perfect for the twisted New Yorker. They go incredibly well with a painting of the Verazano bridge I bought by Tracy Silva Barbosa. www.tsilvabarbosa.com.
I bought one of his pieces 4 years ago with mi girlfriend in that time... now mi wife; Every time we have visits the Michel's work gets's all the attention, is the smaller one in size but the biggest in elegancy, magic and lovely simplicity.
You can't miss hime
Luis from Mexico City