By Jerome Whittingham
Whilst many photographers obsess about the size of their sensor and drool over the latest high tech gadgets, I find it refreshing to strip back gear and concentrate on the image I’m making.
Pinhole photography affords me simplicity. Just a tiny hole letting light into a box, no fancy glass, not even a viewfinder. Light draws its own scene. It’s photography at its most raw.
This image, of Etruria Wharf, was made using the paper negative technique. Used as the ‘film’ in my pinhole camera, a piece of Ilford photographic paper produces both high contrast and very slow shutter speeds – no ‘decisive moment’ here!
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