Develop your own visual language with pinhole photography. In this hands-on introduction to pinhole photography, participants will be guided step by step in building their own medium-format film pinhole camera. Through simple materials and clear demonstrations, you will learn how this low-tech photographic tool works and how to use it in different lighting conditions.
Participants will explore a range of image-making approaches, including still life, portraiture, and more experimental and creative exercises. The workshop emphasizes curiosity, play, and discovery, encouraging participants to slow down and engage with the fundamentals of light, time, and perception.
This workshop is open to everyone — from seasoned photographers to complete beginners, from photo nerds to technophobes. No prior technical experience is required.
Samuel Choisy is a visual artist and educator primarily working with photography, which he uses as a playful means of exploration. His discovery of the photographic medium steered him away from his original goal of becoming a painter. Since then, he has developed alternative approaches to creating images and objects to explore his fascination with light and painting. Samuel Choisy is a graduate of the École de l'Image d'Angoulême (1999) and the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes (2001), France. He is the recipient of the Chamlers Arts Fellowship (2015) as well as several grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. His work has been exhibited in Europe, the USA, and Canada and is part of several private collections. He lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.
