LENS-LESS PHOTOGRAPHS: Pinhole Camera Images by Daniel Kazimierski

For the past 27 years, Daniel Kazimierski has been working almost exclusively with a lens-less apparatus. He has always been attracted by the intuitive way one comes to use what is essentially a camera obscura: there is no viewfinder, no shutter, no other control. Through the years, he has built many cardboard and wooden cameras, all of them fitted with a tiny aperture made by drilling a sewing needle into a thin piece of brass. Only a small piece of black tape functions as a shutter. Giving himself over to an unpredictable result, he points the camera, uncovers the aperture, and allows the camera to absorb the image. Exposures are lengthy, and Kazimierski cherishes the quiet, meditative moments while the image is formed. Only later on, in the darkroom, does that image present itself to him.

Daniel Kazimierski has exhibited his work in numerous solo and group shows in the Americas and Europe. His work is in many private and public collections. He has taught photography and filmmaking at New York University, International Center of Photography, and other colleges and universities, and led workshops in historical photographic printing processes in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, and Denmark. Presently he is Head of the Photography Department at Trevor Day School in Manhattan. He and his wife, artist Page Simon, are Piermont residents.

AN OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE EXHIBIT WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, FROM 2 TO 4 p.m.  (snow date, February 13).  All are welcome!