Eric Riedel has been a member of the Pinhole Project for several years. He has taken over 45 images. About half of those are in collaboration with Barry Christensen, a Skagit Valley artist and neighbor of Eric’s.
They are showing about 20 of their collaborations with a four-hole camera. Each of them makes part of the image, exposing two holes at one time. At their recent opening they answered questions for me and helped understand how they work.
How has the collaboration changed since you began working together or has it changed at all?
Eric: We talk a lot now. About what we are trying to do and if our vision has some sort of connection. In the beginning we did not talk at all. We simply acted. Now we are more accustom to what the camera is seeing.
Barry: Sometimes Eric will say that doesn’t work, its too dark in here. He never would have said that in the beginning.
Where do you think you will go from here?
Both: We will just continue.
This is a show worth seeing. Barry and Eric’s work is made of gentle colors and not so gentle subject. Carved pieces of wood fight, one walks through the odd spaces they create and find ins and outs, portals and other phenomena.
Here aresome of my favorites from the show and of course the card that was published. It was hard to pick my favorites and on a different day I know I would make different choices. Go to https://www.thepinholeproject.org/pinhole-photographers#/eric-riedel-1/ or once you are on the site, search Barry Christensen. Either way you will find their works.
