Michael Weitzman

Artist Statement

The pinhole and plastic toy camera is a recording device that allows me to become deeply absorbed in a far away place and time where creating new scenarios for the overlooked and insignificant become possible.

The imagination is allowed to roam freely creating new narratives or fictitious circumstances. It is this attempt to recreate lost moments, and past itineraries from youth, that fosters inner connection with which to explore identity. In this way, the camera is a metaphor for amusement and personal reflection. The aesthetic of chance, fantasy, and transience work harmoniously.