Artist Statement
Jamie House
Jamie is a socially engaged, practising photographer who uses pinhole
cameras. He collaborates with people worldwide, from established
artists such as Jo Babcock and Justin Quinell to emerging talents.
Jamie use the collective power of mail art to realise his ideas and
empower people.
Jamie's latest project Pinhole
Litter Project is
a collaborative pinhole photography project that will help people
clean up and re-engage with their surroundings. Jamie is working
with people worldwide to collect discarded drinks cans, converting
them into pinhole cameras, and replacing litter with a creative
vision.
Jamie has used pinhole photography and mail art in previous projects
such as Pinhole
Parcel Project where he constructed
cameras disguised as parcels and posted them around
the world, mapping the world with light.