DAN MCCORMACK, SHORTLISTED 3RD BIENNIAL’S GRANT
The Nude at Home
In this series, I use traditional 8 x 10 black-and-white film in a homemade
oatmeal-box pinhole camera to create wide-angle distortions with the
cylindrical focal plane. There is a sense of discovery and joy in this
process, as the resulting images are unpredictable and surprising. The
familiar becomes unfamiliar, the ordinary extraordinary. By then replacing
the black-and-white values with subtle hues through successive pulling of
curves in Photoshop, I interact with and interpret the image. The “Nude at
Home” is a subset of a larger pinhole-camera project begun in 1998. In this
series, I photograph the model nude in her own home, apartment, or studio,
surrounded by her possessions for two-minute exposures. A collaboration
between model and photographer, the images attempt to reveal an intimate
portrait of the subject.