Justin Quinnell is a contemporary pinhole photographer who lives and works in Bristol carrying out workshops and lectures. He started his work around 20 years ago and tries to inspire other people with his unusual work.
The main theme's of his work are everyday life, mouths and unusual view points. He is mostly known for his mouth pinhole photography as it is so unique, showing the inside looking out at everyday life. His style is quite childish but very imaginative.
His pictures are all taken using a pinhole camera to capture the image and then using the dark room to develop them. He uses a variation of colour paper and black and white paper when taking the photo's. His photographs have a dull moody colour effect to them as some of the colours have been muted. The image above has been taken from the view point of someone's feet and also gives a feeling that they are spying on everyday life.
This photograph of the baby has a strange effect to it as the background is all black apart from the baby's face. This gives the idea that the light must be coming out from the mouth and highlighting the baby's face so it stands out.
At first I wasn't sure if I liked the style of the work as it is very unusual. I like the black and white photographs as it seems to give a sharper image and I like the contrast it gives, where as the coloured photos that don't look very bright or attractive.
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