Photo courtesy of Susan Burnstine

Medium Photo is proud to present an evening lecture with Los Angeles-based artist, Susan Burnstine. This event is FREE with a suggested donation of $10, and open to the public. All donations will support Medium Photo's mission to foster awareness and understanding of innovative photography.

Susan Burnstine is one of the few photographers today avidly pursuing alternative processes to create an idiosyncratic and deeply personal visual landscape. Initially, Burnstine sought to find a way to portray her dream-like visions entirely in-camera, rather than with post-processing digital manipulations. To achieve this, she has created twenty-one handmade film cameras and lenses that are frequently unpredictable and technically challenging. The cameras are primarily made out of plastic, vintage camera parts, and random household objects, with single-element lenses molded from plastic and rubber. Learning to overcome their extensive optical limitations required Burnstine to rely on instinct and intuition--the same tools that are key when attempting to interpret dreams.

FREE with a suggested donation of $10