Pinhole portrait photography by Katie Cooke
With long-exposure pinhole portrait photographs, I can't capture the split-second freeze of a moment between expressions, instead I make a picture of a person across time, discovering which movements and variations leave a trace, and which vanish, and how these change the perception of the person portrayed.
Using an empty box with no mechanics or lens, my photography is a slow, quiet conversation between camera and sitter. Making each image becomes an act of faith, chemistry, and magic.
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