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Tinker's Diana Camera photographs : Toy camera photos many taken mid-eighties through mid-nineties, though there are now new ones. The Diana is a cult camera, manufactured for some years in Hong Kong; google Diana Camera for info and more examples. It features a plastic lens and no two are exactly alike. My favorite has a blurry spot right in the middle that ruins most shots but occasionally creates something I like. They are presented in somewhat chronological order but it's intended that you cluster and read them like tarot cards. The Diana uses 120 film as does a Hasselblad but it's hard to take yourself too seriously while using one. My original prints are pretty dark and most are 7" square.

Tinker's Diana Camera photographs

Toy camera photos many taken mid-eighties through mid-nineties, though there are now new ones. The Diana is a cult camera, manufactured for some years in Hong Kong; google Diana Camera for info and more examples. It features a plastic lens and no two are exactly alike. My favorite has a blurry spot right in the middle that ruins most sho ...

Updated: Jan 14, 2007 1:24pm PST

Tinker's "Heaven" portfolio : The earliest photos I've posted. I was trying to point beyond the merely material world with my camera. The centered compositions could be analogous to Casper David Friedrich's, with the same aim, but I didn't discover his art work until later. These were all shot with a 35mm camera in San Francisco, mid-eighties.

Tinker's "Heaven" portfolio

The earliest photos I've posted. I was trying to point beyond the merely material world with my camera. The centered compositions could be analogous to Casper David Friedrich's, with the same aim, but I didn't discover his art work until later. These were all shot with a 35mm camera in San Francisco, mid-eighties.

Updated: Nov 12, 2005 12:27pm PST

Tinker's pinhole photos : in process

Tinker's pinhole photos

in process

Updated: Nov 03, 2005 2:57pm PST