Panoramic nominee

The photo series wating was taken with a pinhole camera built from wood with a curved projection surface. 6x17cm is the size of the exposed negative on 120 roll film. The camera has a focal length of 90mm and an aperture of f300, resulting in a very large depth of field and long exposure times. Using a film with low light sensitivity plus an additional ND filter results in exposure times of up to two hours, depending on the time of day and the subject.

When photographing moving objects, one usually aims to have a short exposure time to capture the movement or uses a longer exposure time as a stylistic device.
The moving objects become blurred, and time becomes visible. With an exposure of up to two hours, objects that were in motion with the aperture open do not appear. All photographs had moving objects in them during the exposure. The camera frames a period of time. The title adds the imaginary to the obvious. If one knows the title of the picture, the time period is revealed and thus what one does not see. If one does not know it, it is only a fragment.

My name is Heiko Stückle, I am in my late 40s and live with my family in Cologne. I was born and raised in a small town in southern Germany. After graduating from high school, an apprenticeship as a carpenter and my civilian service I went to Augsburg, where I started the newly founded course of studies in multimedia. In 2003 I graduated with the visualization of a period titled Otto + Anna as Dipl. Designer Medien (FH). After a few years in Munich, where I worked as an interface designer, I moved to my adopted country, where I have been working in the development of interactive media ever since.

Photography is more than a hobby, it's my passion. So creative work is always coming up, be it in the form of animations, alternative developing techniques like wet plate or cyanotype, or old analog cameras like Minox, Lomo or self-made.