The Coincidental Tourist: Pinhole Photography by Joe Ziolkowski
Lumiere Photo
100 College Ave.
May 3, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Photography pulls its resources from the reality before the camera. The photomechanical process of pinhole photography on 4 x 5 inch black and white film is unique; it records time in a way we do not see and preserves great depth of field without the use of lens optics like our eye, or the variety of camera devices invented since the last millennium. As a way to archive and catalogue his history, Joe Ziolkowski has relied on photography to fulfill his daily urge to create. It is not the single photograph, but the accumulation of a lifetime of work that interests him. A pile-up, chance discovery; when a location, elements, weather, wind, season, light, time of day all come together to make the ordinary extraordinary in a photograph. The act of pinholing documents coincidental locations photographically, letting you view through his photographs, things in a different way.