Justin quinnell pinhole biography definition

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Justin Quinnell is a master at making weird and wondrous pinhole photographs. He recently worked as the Pinhole consultant for the movie ‘The Brothers Bloom’ and his cameras are featured in the film.

We took the opportunity to talk to him about his Hollywood experience and fascination for pinhole photography.

How did you first get introduced to the world of pinhole photography?

I’m not sure if this has much relevance but when I was 4 I had several operations on my eyes to sort out something.

I remember having a patch on one eye with a small hole to see through.

Bristolian pinhole photographer and camera obscura creator who dabbles in other stuff.

I also remember a fairly unsuccessful experiment when I was at school. It was well after my degree however that I got hooked. I was head of the photography department at a non-too affluent area of Bristol, the kids couldn’t afford cameras, (but could afford several cans of coke every day) so I got them to make cameras out of their drink cans and got hoo