JULIE THESANDER
PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY
Shows
Earthbound
April 27. - May 26. 2024
Gudhjem Museum
Groupshow, ceramicist Eva Brandt, visual artist Lone Schiøtz, glass artist Mai-Britt Zelmer Olsen, visual artist Barbara Sørensen and art photographer Julie Thesander.
The Censored Spring Exhibition 2023 at Bornholm
April 6.- May 7. 2023
Svanekegaarden
Øjeblikket (The Moment)
February 25. - March 26. 2023
SAK Kunstbygning, Svendborg
Groupshow, visual artists
Susanne Pedersen
Anita Axelsen Bredsdorff
Nina Wengel
Gerd Laugesen
Laila Svensgaard
Julie Thesander
The Censored Spring Exhibition 2022 at Bornholm
April 8. - May 29. 2022
Svanekegaarden
Exhibition at Galleri Rasch
October 25. - November 13. 2021
Galleri Rasch
Groupshow
Pernille de la Porte Ovesen
Henning Bech
Julie Thesander
A series of 16 pinhole photos from Bornholm, exhibited with the photographers cameras as well as remedies for constructing and developing photos and cameras
The Censored Spring Exhibition 2021 at Bornholm
August 7. - September 5. 2021
Svanekegaarden
Life at the Cemetery
October 6. - October 29. 2020
Østerbro Bibliotek
A series of black and white pinhole photography from the cemeteries Holmens and Garnisons Kirkegård
Pinhole photography at Vestvolden
June 27. - September 30. 2020
Oplevelsescenter Vestvolden
Ejbybunkeren.
A series of 15 pinhole photos are exhibited along with the photographers homebuilt cameras as well as remedies for constructing and developing the photos
Banja Rathnov Galleri og Kunsthandel
November 2019
4 prints from pinhole photography, the Bunker series, are offered for sale
Graphic Art exhibition at Birkerød Library
March 2019
Represented with 3 pieces of photogravure from pinhole photography
I am a visual artist exploring the field of pinhole photography.
Working with long exposures, this method has given me an opportunity to explore the world of photography in a way that allows a different perception of movement and time, producing a range of unpredictable photographs.
The process is slow. Doing long exposures, up to half an hour, I take time to consider each motif and composition, making the entire process a meditative experience. The tonality of photographic paper appeals to me, even though it slows down the process even further. There's a softness to it, that adds to the expression of pinhole photography itself. Usually, I develop my negatives in a homemade solution of mint, sodium carbonate and vitamin C. Sometimes I use stinging nettles, red wine or coffee as a base.
Somehow the inherent dreamyness of pinhole photography suits the locations I prefer. I'm drawn to desolated places like graveyards and wartime monuments and the way their physicality bears witness to the past while at the same time they seem to be taken back by nature. The interaction of permanence and impermanence often turns up as the subject of my exploration.