Opening Reception: Saturday, May 10, 2-5 pm
Guided Tour of the Exhibition with Christina Leslie: Saturday, May 10, 3:00 pm
Exhibition Dates: May 10 – July 5, 2025
Stephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to present Pinhole Portraits and Places, our first solo exhibition of work by Christina Leslie (Canadian-Jamaican, b. 1983). Pinhole Portraits and Places brings together several bodies of work produced from including Pinhole Remix (2017–2020), Pinhole Places (2022–2025), and Pinhole Parishes (2023–2025). Pinhole Portraits and Places expands on Leslie’s recurring themes of decolonization, identity, migration, marginalization, and heritage, while combining historical photographic techniques and contemporary methodologies.
As a response to the constant and rapid advancements of digital photography, Leslie began exploring historical photographic techniques in 2016. Her desire to reflect on and re-engage with the roots of analog photography, produced a body of work that highlighted early photographic practices, particularly the pinhole camera. After extensive experimentation, and several unsuccessful attempts, she successfully transformed her DSLR into a functional pinhole camera in early 2017.
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