Beauty, Through Pinhole or Plastic

Beauty, Through Pinhole or Plastic

Toys? Novelties? Curios? Don’t tell that to the customers who line up for Randy Smith’s modified Holgas and pinhole cameras. David Gonzalez explains.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/beauty-through-pinhole-or-plastic/

Otto Kitchens is among thousands of photographers — from hobbyists to professionals — who have snapped up the various modified Holgas, pinhole cameras and plastic S.L.R. lenses made by Randy Smith, the founder of Holgamods. The contraptions can look like Frankencameras; freaky little things that, in the right hands, can take some pretty nifty pictures.