Civil War Redux: Civil War Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright October 29, 2006

Pinhole photographs are created when light, reflecting off of a subject and entering a darkened enclosed box through a tiny hole - the "pinhole" - creates an inverted visible image of that subject which registers on a surface parallel to the plane of the pinhole. This method requires longer exposure times, eight seconds in bright sun, and when light-sensitive photographic materials are placed on that parallel plane, the image is then recorded. Using this process, Wright followed "the troops"- Civil War re-enactors - to many major re-enactments to capture the images presented in this exhibit.