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5103 McCullough Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78212
[800] 938.2788
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 In the Gallery:
Ralph Howell
“If Pigs Could Fly - Pinhole Visions & Cameras”
River City Silver Traditional & Digital Photographic Imaging Lab is exhibiting Ralph Howell’s work entitled “If Pigs Could Fly - Pinhole Visions and Cameras” from March 29th through April 2002. The show features photographs taken with Howell’s unique cameras made of everyday objects (a tea strainer, a potato) and the not-so-ordinary (The Pig Hut as Pinhole Camera). An installation of his fantastic Pinhole Kitchen will also be on view with the 46 objects he made into cameras; toaster, coffee pot, refrigerator, and, yes, the kitchen sink. The opening reception for the show will be on Friday, March 29 from 6pm to 9pm at River City Silver, 5103 McCullough and the show can been seen Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 6 pm and Saturdays from 10 to 2 pm.
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The Pinhole Camera
A pinhole camera is an age-old tool that evolved from the Camera Obscura. It has no lens, light meter, or shutter, not even a viewfinder. A pinhole camera is simply a light-tight container with a small pinhole replacing the lens. Light passes through the hole and is projected inside the camera and onto photo sensitive material where the image is formed. Exposure times can be seconds or hours long due to the miniscule size of the pinhole. Due to light diffraction through the pinhole, the image becomes soft and somewhat "impressionistic." Other inherent characteristics of pinhole imagery are the fall-off of light that occurs toward the edge of the image and the infinite depth of field. These characteristics of the pinhole camera, especially no view finder, give this unique tool its intriguing qualities that produce time after time, images that often surprise and continually amaze the viewer. |
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 The Pinhole Kitchen
The Pinhole Kitchen is a sculptural installation featuring 46 pinhole photographs. Each cabinet, appliance, and utensil in the Kitchen functions as a pinhole camera – 46 “ready-made” cameras in all. The Pinhole Kitchen will be a part of the exhibit “If Pigs Could Fly - Pinhole Visions and Cameras” at River City Silver, 5103 McCullough, San Antonio, Texas from March 29th through April 2002.
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Ralph Howell - Pinhole Wizard
 Ralph Howell is a fine arts photographer and teacher in San Antonio who has constructed over 75 pinhole cameras from found objects that take unusual images without lenses or viewfinders. His artwork has recently been featured in the PBS series, ”EGG the Arts Show” He has conducted numerous workshops in pinhole photography, alternative processes , and 3-D photography throughout the United States and Europe. He received his MFA at the University of Texas in San Antonio, has an extensive exhibition record and has been a recipient of several grants in art and education.
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Artwork ©2002 Ralph Howell
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