Pinhole: So They Don’t Escape on Flickr.
Somewhere between Nashville and East BF, Tennessee.
Holga 120 WPC, f135, expired Kodak Portra 100T, about 10 seconds
Pinhole: Them Roads Ain’t Parallel on Flickr.
Somewhere near Clarkrange, Tennessee
Holga 120 WPC, f135, expired Kodak Portra 100T, about 7 seconds
Pinhole: March 11, 2013 (008/365) on Flickr.
Nashville
Ammo Can, ~f/175, tilted film plane, PX 600 Silver Shade UV+, 4 minutes
Pinhole: March 10, 2013 (007/365) on Flickr.
Nashville
Ammo Can, ~f/175, tilted film plane, PX 600 Silver Shade UV+, about 10 seconds
Pinhole: March 9, 2013 (006/365) on Flickr.
Nashville
Ammo Can, ~f/175, tilted film plane, PX 600 Silver Shade UV+, about 30 seconds
Pinhole: March 8, 2013 (005/365) on Flickr.
Centennial Park, Nashville
Ammo Can, ~f/175, tilted film plane, PX 600 Silver Shade UV+, about 2 seconds
Pinhole: March 7, 2013 (004/365) on Flickr.
Weiss Liquors, East Nashville, Tennessee
Ammo Can, ~f/175, tilted film plane, PX 600 Silver Shade UV+, about 2 seconds
Pinhole: March 6, 2013 (003/365) on Flickr.
Nashville, Tennessee
Ammo Can, ~f/175, tilted film plane, PX 600 Silver Shade UV+, about 1 minute 45 seconds
Pinhole: March 5, 2013 (002/365) on Flickr.
Nashville, Tennessee
Ammo Can, ~f/175, tilted film plane, Impossible Project PX 600 Silver Shade UV+
42nd Annual Birthday Sunset on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
March 4, 2013 (001/365)
I’ve decided to start a 365 project (I swear, swear, swear I won’t shoot a single image looking down at my feet) of pinholes shot on Impossible Project (and maybe a some Fuji) instant film. In order to keep things interesting for me, I plan to create the images using different cameras built to shoot Impossible film.
This image, taken on the top floor of my work’s garage at sunset, was shot using an ammo can on a tilted film plane. The exposure was about 5 seconds on PX 70 Color Shade PUSH.
It was my birthday. I’m 42. Sometimes I realize I’m getting old although I still feel very much 18. It scares the hell out of me that half my life, perhaps more, is gone. Most of the time, though, I’m happy with who I am, where I am, and what I am. I do love this life even if it moves too fast.
Pinhole: Dark Stones on Flickr.
Bright sun, dark stones. I hoped to capture a sunburst but the sun was barely hidden behind the stones (camera should have been moved back a tad and tilted up a tad).
Holga 120 WPC, f135, expired Kodak Portra 160NC, about 2 seconds
Pinhole: Safeguard on Flickr.
Somewhere in north Georgia near the Tennessee border on a rainy drive back from Atlanta. I’ve gotta stop taking photos of car interiors. They’re not all that interesting.
Holga 120 WPC, f135, expired Kodak Portra 400VC, top image about 15 seconds, bottom image about 45 seconds
Pinhole: Prophesy on Flickr.
Fulfilling the prophesy that all pinholes are supposed to be blurry messes. This certainly fits the bill. Hand-held (actually, used my belt for a stable point) for four seconds. Sometimes it works. This time, it did not. Sadly, this was the only pinhole from my trip that captured all of the Georgia Guidestones. Sometimes I wish I carried a proper tripod. Oh well, perhaps next Apocalypse.
Holga 120 WPC, f135, expired Kodak Portra 160NC, about 4 seconds
Pinhole: Chinese, Arabic, Perspective, Pocket Pool on Flickr.
I had Danny stand in front of the Georgia Guidestones (weird place, wrote about them here) for some perspective. These chunks of granite are quite large. So, he patiently waited, hands in pockets, for me to take the shot. I realize, there’s a problem with perspective here…if you don’t know Danny, you have no clue how tall or short he is. So now I need to go back to the Guidestones with Danny, a giant and a dwarf…oh, and a coin that Danny can hold up for perspective (and to get his hands out of his pockets…I’ve really gotta start hiring models).
Holga 120 WPC, f135, expired Kodak Portra 160NC, about 4 seconds
Pinhole: Who Wrote the Book Of Love on Flickr.
I first learned about, and became intrigued by, the Georgia Guidestones when I read an article about them in Wired magazine several years ago (“American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse,” Wired, April 4, 2009). Since I was in Atlanta visiting a friend for the holiday, I suggested we visit the site, located at the highest point in Elberton County, Georgia, on New Year’s Eve.
Erected in 1980, the Guidestones provides a post-apocalyptic “to-do” list for mankind’s recuperation. Most of the 10-items on the list are common sense ideals cored around love, fairness, nature and reason, but the first two items provide mild justification for eugenics (which future dictator or government provides the reproductive guidance???). The list is carved in eight modern languages. The side shown in this image contains Hebrew (left) and Hindi.
Here’s the list*:
- Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
- Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
- Unite humanity with a living new language.
- Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
- Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
- Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
- Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
- Balance personal rights with social duties.
- Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
- Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.
The Guidestones are rife with symbolic twaddle, which the Wired article talks about in-depth. It’s also rife with mystery since nobody knows who conceived, designed, and paid for the monument. The front man who commissioned the work and paid for construction used a pseudonym, which has led to claims of New World Order, Illuminati and even Satan as the backing agents.
It was worth the two-ish hour trip from Atlanta to visit. The area is quite pretty and there are some great little towns nearby.
If you’ve been, I’d love to hear your thoughts (and conspiracy theories) about the monument.
Holga 120 WPC, f135, expired Kodak Portra 160NC, about 4 seconds
*Wikipedia contributors, “Georgia Guidestones,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Guidestones&am… (accessed January 8, 2013).
