The Picnic
Superfluous Man
I love the way pinhole photography seems to slow the passing of time.
Our friend Brian chose this medium to share a story from a beautiful day. As an onlooker, I’m drawn into the tactile nature of his experience. There’s the subject matter itself, of course: the dappled sun, the water nearby, the companionship of contented souls enjoying the shade of that big tree. But it also tells us about the experience of making the image: the grain of wood under Brian’s fingertips as he moved the shutter on his camera, those long moments he spent in the breeze.
Even though the photo just captured a tiny slice of a longer day, those moments were utterly unhurried. What a joy this is, both for us and for the photographer himself.
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