Comments on: Creepy and creative...

Creepy and creative...

blaneyphoto — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:58:40 -0800

Wayne Martin Belger is an artist who creates pinhole cameras out of some unusual materials... like human skulls, for example.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:15:27 -0800

Ok, that's too cool. Sets my wtf? sensor way off the deep end. When I am dead and gone I hope someone makes something artistic and perhaps even useful from me (pretty too!).

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:17:39 -0800

Also available in 3D vision. Impressive craft and efforts to make the items more than interesting manipulations uncommon or uncomfortable items.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:20:05 -0800

My skull already is a pinhole camera, of a sort.

By: FatherDagon

FatherDagon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:34:48 -0800

WANT.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:35:17 -0800

I Am A Camera.

By: TheGoldenOne

TheGoldenOne — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:39:16 -0800

A-mazing. I have nothing but love and wonder for this.

By: Nomiconic

Nomiconic — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:41:14 -0800

I am somewhat squicked out by, though not necessarily disapproving of, the concept of HIV positive blood as a red filter. Otherwise very beautiful and ornate all around, though I feel like the Yama one belongs in a temple in some pulp adventure story.

By: echo target

echo target — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:44:59 -0800

How exactly does one go about securing 'a 150 year old skull of a 13 year old girl'? I check the thrift store all the time, and nothing like that ever shows up.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:51:13 -0800

I kind of wish he had more photos on the site, and examples of what each camera produces.

By: FatherDagon

FatherDagon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:52:40 -0800

How? Well, you can become an active collector, do a little digging of your own and see what treasures you can unearth.. or I suppose you could take the easy route and go to places like this.

By: RussHy

RussHy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:19:24 -0800

The skullcam is strangely strange. It should be illegal to use human skulls for this kind of thing.

By: photoslob

photoslob — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:25:04 -0800

A little too goth for me but still pretty damn cool.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:41:03 -0800

RussHy what would you prefer to use human skulls for?

By: echo target

echo target — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:53:57 -0800

Human skulls should be used for decorating chapels.

By: Tacodog

Tacodog — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:48:54 -0800

I'd rather see more underwater pinhole photos. Goofy cameras, not so much.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:04:13 -0800

In college we observed that a friend, let's call him Al, had some dental work that made his front teeth look really weird under a black light. Another friend Keith constantly commented that we should turn his head intro a decorative bong. Haha, we thought. Flash forward some dozen years later, when Keith was living in Houston, whose denizens turned a skull into very such article!

By: dios

dios — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:04:30 -0800

I admire the dedication it takes to make such a thing. But it seems wholly impractical and likely to lose its novelty quickly. As a conversation piece, I don't think the conversation would get past "why?" But still interesting to see out there.

By: blaneyphoto

blaneyphoto — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:36:14 -0800

Fans of this may also enjoy AlexCF, a "Professional cryptozoological pseudo-scientific assemblage artist and illustrator...." http://www.alexcf.com/blog/

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:16:02 -0800

Generally, these skulls can range from larger minimally prepared chinese specimens to the smaller, well prepped Indian skulls (in country pre-1985 export ban) that usually have calvaria cuts and attached mandibles. FatherDagon, thanks for adding a weird bit of intrigue into my life. My wife didn't like the rodent skull I had on the porch (I found it while hiking along the road in, amongst other bits of litter and small animal bones), and I doubt she'd even like me talking about getting a few Chinese skulls in the mail.

By: bonobothegreat

bonobothegreat — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:24:40 -0800

I like a lot of the photos and admire the craftsmanship put into the cameras. .... I'll have to figure out why I find the concept behind it all so irritating.

By: Rykey

Rykey — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:39:41 -0800

Perfect for the person with Lemmy on his/her Christmas list. Thanks!

By: lapolla

lapolla — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:15:43 -0800

oh, so much more beautiful and worthwhile than that garish thing damian hirst made out of a skull. cool link, thanks, blaneyphoto!

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:27:44 -0800

I like this one.