Christophe Dillinger

Hidden Negs in Hungary

Cdilling — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:35:25 +0000

Friend photographer Philippe Bernard at work in Hungary. Check out his work: http://phili.ber.free.fr/

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day & 3rd Annual Juried Pinhole Show

Cdilling — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:23:47 +0000

This pinhole image was taken in Attingham Park, Atcham, Shropshire with a Seagull TLR camera, home-modified into a pinhole. It will be part of the Worldwide Pinhole Day event and 3rd Annual Jurired Pinhole Show at Rayko Center, San Francisco, USA.

Start date: 25th April 2010

Thierry Jaspart & me

Cdilling — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:02:30 +0000

Thierry Jaspart, artist illustrator from Liège, has accepted to create an original drawing for the Typewriter book. I love the fact that it’s painted on a sheet of Belgian newspaper: everything is in Flemish! Thanks Thierry, I owe you one.

Thierry Jaspart’s work can be seen here: http://www.thierryjaspart.com

Focus On imaging, Birmingham NEC, 7/03/2010

Cdilling — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:47:46 +0000

I will be present at the opening of Focus on Imaging, NEC, Birmingham, Sunday 7th March, at the Wolverhampton University stand. Come and say Hi!

Rayko Photo center

Cdilling — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:35:29 +0000

Rayko Photo center, 2010 International Juried Plastic Camera Show, San Francisco.

Cloud 9, 10, 11 and 12 is being exhibited there at the moment and until 17-04-2010. Go have a look if you’re around.

Cover #1

Cdilling — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:37:42 +0000

This is the first draft of the cover of my new book. It is being designed by Johanna, who is also the creator and sysop for this site.

Square Magazine

Cdilling — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:23:47 +0000

Carine Lautier, Yves Bigot, Clara Forest and myself are proud to present their new baby: Square Magazine. Square Magazine is an online quarterly dedicated to the square photographic format. First issue: April 2010

Please visit www.squaremag.org for more info and pass the word around!

Hidden Negs Universalis

Cdilling — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:27:02 +0000

« I waited a few weeks before hiding my first negatives.
I sent roughly ten hours a day at university, six of them I spend in the library. I read approximately five books a day for my law studies. To me books are kind of sacred, they contain the wisdom of their creator.

The creativity of the Hidden Negs project, lie many things Christophe Does that are a reflection of his mind in constant artistic turmoil, really inspired me. He sent me two negatives to hide, plus a third one, which was one of the photos I took that he had passed through the Typewriter process.

That Saturday, the library was empty because of the holidays. I had the negs on me, so I thought “why not?”. These shots are original and creative ideas that show a certain vision of the world.These negatives are unique and I have to and I want to share them, to place them in these books that are repositories of knowledge, so that they can be found and discovered.
the firsts negative is entitled “Another portrait”. It is completely blank except for the words “Another portrait” typed on it. I placed it between the pages of the Encyclopaedia Universalis, under “Portrait”.
So long negative, I hope you’ll be found one day.

The second one I chose to hide it in front of everyone, quickly, surreptitiously. It the neg entitled “Quand, Commen, Pourquoi” (When, How, Why?). I decided to place it in a dictionary, that is right in front of the students present. A few of them were looking at me taking pictures of myself hiding the negative and it was pretty exciting. When I heard the footsteps of the librarian, I took a last picture and put the dictionary back on the shelf and went back to work, proud of what I had done.
So long to you too. »

Basile Simon, FEB 2010

Publication of the Swirls series

Cdilling — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:13:37 +0000

The Swirls series is discussed in issue 14 of Plateforme Magazine.

Take a picture of yourself hiding your neg!

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:52:40 +0000

Helen, caught hiding a neg at the Royal College of Art library, London, WED 13th JAN 2010.

If you have a neg to hide, why not take a pict of you “doing it” ?