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I always enjoy working with alternative cameras and proceses. This page shows off some of those efforts. Some were made with a Diana, a plastic toy camera from the late 1960's and early 1970's. The Diana was made in Hong Kong and took 120 rollfilm. Most of them leak light, and all of them produce blurry images with dark corners.

Other images were made with pinhole cameras. A piece of thin metal with a tiny pin-hole punched in it will create an image, just like a lens. The image is generally soft, without fine details because there is no glass to focus the image.

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Toy camera photograph of the old white church in the Prairie Grove Cemetery in Waynedale.

 

A dreamy toy camera photograph of two tall metal stools sitting in my grandfather's kitchen.

 

Toy camera photograph of two looping vines on the leaf covered ground in a forest on the IPFW campus in Fort Wayne.

 

Pinhole photograph of the old white church in the Prairie Grove Cemetery in Waynedale.

 

A pinhole photograph of a pair of plastic outdoor chairs sitting under a tree on a farm in rural southeast Allen County, Indiana.

 

A three year old boy taking pictures with a single use camera.

 

Toy camera photograph of a dirty colander and pizza pan in the kitchen sink. A plate floats in the colander.

 

Toy camera photograph of a kitchen sink filled with dirty dishes, A large colander is submerged in the water.

 

Toy camera photograph of a dirty colander and pizza pan in the kitchen sink. A knife is suspended in the colander.

 

Orchid flowers that look like faces.

 

Polaroid transfer of a pair of old rusty metal motel chairs.

 

A Polaroid transfer of a shovel leaning up against the back door of an abandoned farmhouse.

 

Polaroid transfer of a little forest of tiny green plants growing on the top of a rotting log.

 

A heavily manipulated painterly portrait of a young woman.

 

A toy camera photograph of the Zent family's house on the hill with a tree in front of it on Ellison Road in southwest Allen County, Indiana.

 

The road to Galisteo from Santa Fe, New Mexico looking south toward Galisteo. Shot with a diana toy camera straight into the sun, producing severe lens flare.

 

Toy camera photograph of Christine Apodaca sitting on her bed talking on the phone.

 

Dreamy photograph of a lonely wooden pier with an old motel chair on the end of the pier looking out over the lake.

 

A dreamy photograph of a frozen puddle in an empty cornfield in rural Allen County, Indiana near the National Serv-All Landfill.

Pinhole photograph of an old barn and an abandoned outhouse in Allen County, Indiana.

 

Toy camera picture of an old broken light on the church in the Prairie Grove Cemetery.

 

Toy camera photograph of a three year old boy taking pictures with a single use camera.

 

A toy camera photograph of a triangle formed by some dead tree branches that have fallen to the ground in the woods. Dried leaves cover the ground under the dead branches.

 

Pinhole photograph of 87 year old farmer Richard Youse sitting on a plastic chair with his newspaper.

 

Toy camera photograph of a pair of rusty old motel chairs next to an old house.

 

A three year old boy taking pictures with a single use camera.

 

Toy camera photograph of a messy dining room table covered in dirty dishes and trash with an address book in the foreground.

 

Toy camera photograph of two Super Soaker water pistols hanging from a coat rack in the kitchen.

 

Toy camera photograph of the windows and chimney of the Prairie Grove Cemetery Chapel.

 

Amy Kline photographed with a Diana toy camera.

 

Polaroid Transfer of a weathered wood ladder surrounded by vines.

 

A little forest of tiny plants growing on the top of a rotting log.

 

Polaroid transfer portrait of musician and artist Rick Callender.

 

Gritty dark photgraph of a motel chair on the end of a pier on a lake in Indiana.

 

A painterly photograph of an old pier with a motel chair on the end overlooking a lake in Indiana.

 

Toy camera photograph of an old weathered wood cross in New Mexico.

 

Toy camera picture of an old cast iron skillet on a stove.

Dreamy photograph of a pair of rusty old motel chairs next to an old house. Made with a toy camera.

 

Toy camera photograph of two old mailboxes smashed by baseball bats and held to posts with bungee cords.

 

Toy camera photograph of a lone tree in a cornfield in Indiana.

 

Toy camera photograph of a trail in the woods along the Saint Joseph River on the IPFW campus in Fort Wayne.

 

A young woman with long black hair and tattoos rises from Goose Lake in front of the old pier with an old metal chair on the end.

 

Toy camera photograph of a pair of rusty old motel chairs next to an old house.

 

Toy camera photograph of a stove with a stack of pans and a dirty plate and spoon. Dried spaghetti is scattered all over the top of the stove.

 

Toy camera photograph of a sink full of dirty plates and glasses with a knife laying across the plate.

 

Toy camera photograph of three Super Soaker water guns hanging from a coat rack in the kitchen.

 

Toy camera photograph of the windows on the side of of the Prairie Grove Cemetery Chapel in Fort Wayne.

 

Polaroid transfer of a tabby cat sitting on a truck bumper.

 

Polaroid transfer of a rotting log surrounded by weeds in the forest.

 

Polaroid transfer of a pair of old metal motel chairs behind an old white farmhouse in Allen County, Indiana. A broom lays across the chairs.

 

Self portrait Polaroid transfer of Christopher Crawford at an abandoned brick factory in Ohio.

 

A heavily manipulated painterly portrait of a young woman.

 

Toy camera photograph of the wooden gate in the stone wall of the Galisteo Cemetery in New Mexico.

 

A dreamy photograph of a road to nowhere. A rutted driveway stretching off into the distance on a cloudy day in rural Allen County, Indiana.

 

Dreamy photograph of an abandoned farmhouse in Pulaski County, Indiana under gathering storm clouds.

 

A cross-processed photograph of an old building in Monroeville, Indiana with an American Flag mural and the word United painted on the building.

 

 

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Christopher Crawford
Fine Art Photography

Fort Wayne, IN

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