SQUAREMEALS: A pinhole diary of eating out
all image (c) 2003-2008 Nancy A. Breslin

Statement       Pinhole exposure information

7-24-07. Breakfast at Beaufort Lodge B&B, Taunton, England. 2 minute exposure	1-27-08. Breakfast at the Cheyenne Diner, NYC, 25 sec. exposure
8-24-03 Coffee shop, Camden, Maine. 30 second exposure	11-2-03 Lunch at friends' apartment in Philly, 2 minute exposure
2-29-04 Dinner at friends' home, Newark, DE, 20 min. exposure	2-28-04 Dinner at Pizza Hut, Newark, DE, 70 sec. exposure
3-9-06 Lunch at the Pavilion Cafe of the Smithsonian Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, 12 sec. exposure	3-14-06 Tea at the Llanerch Diner in Upper Darby, PA. 1 minute exposure

For more than five years I have been using a pinhole camera to photograph most of my meals "out," whether at restaurants, coffee shops, or friends' homes. The pinhole opening requires very long exposures, compared to a lens, and these may range from a second or two outdoors, to 10-30 seconds indoors near bright windows, to an hour or longer in a dimly lit interior. The blurring of the people results in images that are less about the individuals pictured than about the more universal ritual of mealtime. I have titled this series "Squaremeals," and a larger selection of the images is on-line at my fotolog site. An image from this series is published on page 326 of Fotolog.book (Thames & Hudson, 2006). Libby Rosof comments on this project at her Philly artblog.

All images (c) 2003 through 2008 Nancy A. Breslin, may not be copied or used without permission