Biography

Wenda Salomons has been working with pinhole cameras for over 30 years. Her bodies of work generally explore the abstract rather than the directly representational; the liminal and mysterious rather than the concrete and realistic. More recently, she has included intentional camera movement in her work.

Through pinhole photography, Salomons seeks to visually engage the audience and stimulate dialogue at the intersections of natural and human environments where tension and harmony coexist. She aims to both please and confound by presenting familiar shapes and subjects in unfamiliar settings, and by using pattern and texture to expand perception and relationship. Spontaneity and chance play a key role in the production of her work. She finds kinship and inspiration in the works of other fine art photographers, such as Julia Margaret Cameron and Ralph Eugene Meatyard, who also employed intentional movement while exploring the enigmatic.

Salomons has lectured and led workshops on pinhole photography, while maintaining her own studio practice. Her prints are held in private and public collections across North America. She lives and works in Amiskwâciwaskahikan in Treaty 6 territory also known as Edmonton in Alberta, Canada.