Pinhole camera photography is often considered a sort of unusual or experimental type of photography now that film and digital are so prevalent, but Thomas Hudson Reeve takes this experiment a step further.
Reeve is an experimental pinhole photographer, meaning, he essentially experiments with an experiment. In order to get the pictures he does, Reeve folds photographic paper into intricate, or even simple shapes and then places it into the pinhole camera to see what happens. The result is an extremely interesting effect where there are clear lines at the bent parts, but each divided section also has its own sort of style or flair to it. Though it is all the same "picture" it features different perspectives and different lighting and different shadows in each part.
His pictures are not available for download; however, they may be seen in an online gallery here: http://www.papercams.com/gallery/photos.html
My particular favorites are the pictures he calls "Big Rock 1" and "Riverside Park". Each picture has its own unique fold and the lighting in each division proves to be quite protean as it never remains the same in any one picture. Reeve has inspired me to look into experimental ways to go about using my pinhole camera, perhaps not through folding, but maybe some other technique, perhaps putting another transparent object within the box to add shapes and/or dimensions. Regardless, I'm glad I stumbled upon Reeve as, now, I feel ready to take on the onus of pinhole camera work.
Big Rock 1: http://www.papercams.com/gallery/photo8.html
Riverside Park: http://www.papercams.com/gallery/photo6.html
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