Dennis Stein
This is me in my studio, holding one of my Holga panoramic pinhole cameras.
“I didn’t start out being a fine art photographer. I became one after a career in mental health services. Early on, I took workshops, experimented with different films and cameras, and photographed pretty much everything I saw, whether it was a single leaf, tree, urban decay, concrete, the streets of Manhattan. I don’t have a single vision or approach. Different cameras and films result in unique results. At this point in my life, I have almost full circle to when I started photographing. My fine art is 90% analog, as I have expanded my hoard of cameras to include rangefinders and folders from the 50’s and 60’s, and more pinhole and toy cameras. I mostly print digitally, but I have also printed in various alternative processes, including cyanotype, ziatype, and salt printing.
Fountain Street became a desired venue for me partially as a result of knowing Denise Driscoll. I am her studio neighbor at Norwood Space Center and met her in Holliston Mill. Fountain Street seemed to be a good fit for my art.”