La Vida Brinca

by Bill Wittliff

La vida brinca--life jumps--and yet we strive to capture its passing moments by creating images. One of the simplest yet most evocative techniques for image-making is pinhole photography. Using a tiny aperture without a lens to shine light on a piece of film, pinhole cameras accumulate light until an image forms. Bill Wittliff calls the cameras he makes tragaluces, "light swallowers." By controlling only the size of the aperture,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292713207
• ISBN13: 9780292713208
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 12.0" x 14.2"