York Minster
John Grey
Some people rush around, ticking off one more in a list of places seen, things done. Others amble slowly, examining, learning, documenting in pixels or on film. Groups are led around by guides that help them with the stories, the dates, the history.
And in a quiet corner one man seeks out light and a flat place with a clear view.
He sets his camera down and while all around him people come and go, he simply waits for the light to trickle through the pinhole and onto the film. I sit down with him and while he explains the finer points of handmade cameras, of dark slides and film holders, pure light seeps in. Time seems to stand still as we watch people moving around us, knowing that at best, they’ll be ghostly shadows in the shot.
Then in a moment he jumps up and closes the pinhole. Time speeds up, the ghostly shadows solidify and the man with his pinhole camera moves on.
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