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I got an email back from Abelardo Morell today:


Dear Alyssa,

Thank you for the kind words, and for sharing your story about experimenting
with pinhole photography. My pictures are set up by turning a room into a
large camera obscura- I cover the windows with dark plastic and then make a
hole in the plastic, allowing the light, and therefore the image to enter
the room (just like light enters a pinhole camera). Then I photograph the
image that appears on the walls inside the room.

Best of luck with your project,

Abe

I was really glad to get an email back and it was very interesting to hear more about a camera obscura. This is something I'm really considering trying (probably this summer). I would need to do more research, but it sounds like I would turn my room into a giant pinhole camera. I also have a few more pictures. The first, I took over Memorial Day weekend to Traverse City. It was supposed to be of the lighthouse, but unfortunately the film got displaced from the back. The next is a flower in out backyard, but it was too shaky while I was taking the picture. The next two are self pictures. The first I was in a shadow, so I turned out too dark. The next one turned out nicely. The final one is of the train tracks in Zeeland.

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Yesterday I was doing a google search on pinhole photographers to look at some of the pictures that they've taken. I came across Abelardo Morell (http://www.abelardomorell.net/index.html). He takes rooms and uses them as a camera. The pictures he's taken are really amazing. So, I sent him an email:

Mr. Morell-
I'm Alyssa from Holland Christian and I'm currently working on a pinhole photography project for my physics class. I was doing a Google search on some pinhole photographers and I came across your website. The pictures I looked at are really fascinating. I also looked at your biography section and your story is amazing as well.
While reading a synopsis of the film "Shadow of the House," I found this quote: The film makes public the often unglamorous work that precedes the beautiful photographs -- the laborious process of finding locations and setting up rooms and the frustration of failed images.
I really appreciated reading this. Though I've only been working on this project for a couple months- no where near as long as you have been, this is something I understand. The first few weeks when I was trying to perfect the camera was very frustrating and yet completely worth it to achieve a good picture.
Learning more about your story and looking at your pictures has been very inspiring and I wanted to thank you for that.
I was wondering how these pictures were set up, especially pictures like "The Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom" They are all incredible to look at. One of my favorites that I saw was "My Eyeglasses","Upright Image of the Piazzetta San Marco Looking Southeast in Office", and "The Mock Turtle’s Story" They are all amazing.
Again, thank you.

-Alyssa Schreur

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