Cure the Blind

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Wayne Martin Belger is a truly unorthodox photographer who photographs exclusively with fantastic pinhole cameras that he designed and built himself, which are all jaw-dropping in their design and execution. He uses a variety of found objects, relics and other unique materials, which includes bones, insects, vials of HIV infected blood and an actual heart, to create shrines and objects of beauty that capture images specific to a purpose the artist had in mind while planning their design.    The combination of the photographs and the cameras they were taken with are fascinating, especially when you read the artist’s statement that goes along with each.

Untouchable

Untouchable (installation)

Wood

Photo taken with "Wood"

From his bio:

“The creation of a camera comes from my desire to relate to a subject. When I choose a subject I spend time studying it. Then I start visualizing how I would like a photo of the subject to look. When that’s figured out, I start on the camera stage of the project by collecting parts, artifacts and relics that relate to the subject. When I’ve gathered enough parts and feel for the subject, I start the construction of the camera. I create the cameras from Aluminum, Titanium, Copper, Brass, Bronze, Steel, Silver, Gold, Wood, Acrylic, Glass, Horn, Ivory, Bone, Human Bone, Human Skulls, Human Organs, Formaldehyde, HIV+ Blood and relics all designed to be the sacred bridge of a communion offering between myself and the subject. All to witness and be a tool of the horrors of creation and the beauty of decay presented by the author light and time.”

His website is great and provides a 360 degree view of the cameras, pictures of the installations and examples of the photographs taken with the cameras.  For more of his work, please visit: Boy of Blue Industries

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