T08. Long Exposure Pinhole with Diana Olifirova

In this workshop, participants will explore pinhole cameras and long exposure techniques as tools for creating ghost like and fragmented images, including self portraits and other experimental variations. The focus is on understanding how extended exposure reshapes the way the body appears within the frame.By working with camera stillness and controlled movement, participants will observe how figures can emerge, dissolve, or partially disappear over time. The session highlights the relationship between time, presence, and absence in image formation, using blur, transparency, repetition, and layered motion as expressive resources.Through guided experimentation, participants will test different strategies for self representation and performative interaction with the camera, discovering how long exposures transform space, gesture, and identity. The aim is to experience time as an active element in the construction of the photograph.
Outline

1. Introduction to pinhole cameras and long exposure principles
2. Demonstration of how movement and stillness affect ghost like imagery
3. Practical exercises creating self portraits and experimental long exposure images
4. Testing variations: body movement, partial presence, and multiple exposures through time
5. Review and discussion of results and experimental approaches