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| No Title, 2000; 30" x 40" |
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| Yes/No, 1991; 50" x 72" |
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| No Title, 1997-98; 54" x 40". |
The above photographs were all shot in a similar fashion using a Pinhole camera. Pinhole photography is a rather simplistic method involving a light proof box with a pinhole in it and film. Many of Barbara Ess' photographs are shot using this method, which is how she is able to get such ambient and shadowy light in her photographs. Barbara Ess uses very little colour in her photographs, often using muted tones to add to the air of mystery.
"In a way I try to photograph what cannot be photographed."
I love the darkness and mystery in these photos, because you only see such a small area it's hard to tell what is going on around the subject matter. There's something special about not knowing what is going on, it begs all kinds of questions. I guess it was they mystery of the images and the way in which the photographer managed to obtain these images that attracted me to them. They really are quite beautiful.
"In a way I try to photograph what cannot be photographed."
I love the darkness and mystery in these photos, because you only see such a small area it's hard to tell what is going on around the subject matter. There's something special about not knowing what is going on, it begs all kinds of questions. I guess it was they mystery of the images and the way in which the photographer managed to obtain these images that attracted me to them. They really are quite beautiful.
(The above photographs were scanned from the book; I am not this body, photographs by Barbara Ess.)
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