Peggy Ann Jones: Collection of pinhole photographs and cameras

Dates

• 1983-1998

Extent

41 items : pinhole photographs and cameras (details in accession inventory)

Inventory

A detailed inventory appears in the accession papers. Black Hole Series (3 pieces): Pseudo Astro-photography, cameras designed to leak light thus creating star fields when photographing objects in studio. (photo) 99781217-R, (photo) 997881217-L, Portrait of Camera 99781217-R, silver gelatin, original camera constructed of styrofoam packing material, 1993-1994; Angled Film Plane Series (5 pieces): Part of Distortion Series, camera design to create distortions with film plane at an angle to aperture. Postition of aperture vignettes foreground of paper negative. Markings from pushpins holding negative in camera intentionally left when possible as evidence of creative process, hand-colored, silver gelatin. (photo) Pillar, (photo) Viewer, (photo) Spyglass, (photo) Tufa, (photo) Angled Film Plane, Camera made of Wood, Brass, 1986; Barrel Distortion Series (5 pieces): Part of Distortion Series, camera is designed to create extreme, wide angle distortions. Focal length approximately 3 inches combined with the overall size of the paper negative allows for the entire cone of light to be recorded. Contact print size 29x19 inches, (photo) The Road to Denbeigh, N. Wales, (photo) Castle of Eilean donan, Scotland, (photo) Chateaudun, France, (photo) Isle of Skye, Scotland, Barrel Distortion Camera, toned, silver gelatin, wood, brass, 1985; Curved Film Plane Series (11 pieces): Part of Distortion Sereies, camera designed to create wide angle distortion with curved film plane that can be positioned either vertical or horizontal for various effects. Shutter vignettes 2 sides of paper negatvie. Contact print 28x30. (photo) Noguchi Plaza, (photo) Newport Viewer, (photo) Siphon, (photo) Irvine Hilton Parking Structure I, (photo) Irvine Hilton Parking Structure II, (photo) Irvine Construction, (photo) Covered, (photo) Pyramidal Form #2 (fence with stone weight), (photo) Pyramidal Form #3 (fence with chain link), (photo) Pyramidal Form #4 (fence with light leaks), Curved Film Plane Camera, silver gelatin, wood, brass, aluminum, 1985; Mono Lake Series (5 pieces): AKA monolake.com Series, 35mm camera with pinhole aperture using Polapan (Polaroid) instant film exposed in 1993. Processor faulty and damaged film during processing creating lines. 1998 work was completed incorporating text from internet research. Negatives not manipulated in terms of color, 16x20 inches. (photo) Volcanism, (photo) HTTP, (photo) Salinity, (photo) Biology, (photo) Keywords, pigmented inkjet prints, 1993/1998; Artist with Triple Aperture Camera (1 piece): This camera had three apertures of various focal lengths exposing on a single paper negative. Camera 34x14x16 inches. The triple aperture camera was stolen during a photo session in Long Bean, CA in 1984 thus ending the series. Self Portrait with Triple Aperture Camera, silver gelatin print, 1983; Fan Camera Series (3 pieces): For the artist’s first trip to Japan, this camera was designed to expose on a three-dimensional paper negative shaped and folded like a fan. The final presentation was inspired by Kakemono, the traditional scroll mountings used for ink painting. Each Kakemono was constructed by the artist using hand-sensitized silk with alternative processes. The simulated silk brocades were achieved by contact printing Japanese wrapping papers. Kakemono size - Nijo Castle 51x19.5 inches, Kingakuji 48x20 inches. (photo) Nijo Castle, (photo) Kingakuji, Fan Camera, wood, brass, paper, silk, cyanotype, van dyke, wood, 1988-1990; 33 Aperature, Candy Camera and Photo (2 pieces): Part of the Multiple Aperture Series, this camera was constructed from a candy box. The plastic liner was inverted and apertures poked through the plastic with a push pin. A single exposure was made on a paper negative of the artist with a small sculpture of O’Jizo Sama, a Japanese deity, 8x16 inches. (photo) Self-Portrait with Jizo, 33 Aperture, Candy Camera, silver gelatin print, 1990; Eclipse Camera and Photo (2 pieces): Part of the Sculptural Camera Series, this piece was inspired by Gray’s Vest Camera, ca. 1998 (?). The use of a funnel suggests the photographic principle that light funnels into the camera body. The front pivots for five exposures on a single paper negative which completed the piece. No positive photo was printed. Circular photo 15 inches. (photo) Counting, Eclipse Camera, wood, brass, plastic, metal, silver gelatin print, 1984; Plumber Camera and Photo (2 pieces): The last in the Sculptural Camera Series, the funnel in this case was a plumber’s helper. The shutter was the end of the wooden stick. A light leak and reflections from the inside of the rubber threads where the shutter fits mark the paper negative as evidence of the camera’s function. A single photograph was amde to cpmplete the piece. 13x11 inches. (photo) Under the Acid Sink, Plumber Camera, wood, rubber, brass, silver gelatin prints, 1984; Bronze Camera and Photo (2 pieces): The camera is one of several lost wax cameras cast in bronze. The camera functioned to create 7 paper negatives that were later printed as a single image. 99% certain this is a platinum print. Since it is permanently mounted in a pseudo daguerrotype presentation. Grant Romer, of the George Eastman House, joked it had Elephantitis. The subject of the photograph is Sir John Herschel, making reference to an important historical figure in the history of photography. (photo) Partial Eclipse of Sir John Herschel, Bronze Camera, platinum print, leather, glass, brass, velvet, bronze, brass