I find pinhole cameras interesting, and the seemingly infinite ways that people have invented to better take a selfie is - well also interesting but in an entirely different way.
I think this contraption which enables a person to take a selfie with a pinhole camera is well - stupid. But it's a breathless kind of playful stupid.
The pinhole camera Selfie device was created and built buy Ignas Kutavicius
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Jee Young Lee creates highly elaborate scenes that require an incredible amount of patience and absolutely no photo manipulation. For weeks and sometimes months, the young Korean artist works in the confines of her small 360 x 410 x 240 cm studio bringing to life worlds that defy all logic. In the middle of the sets you can always find the artist herself, as these are self-portraits but of the unconventional kind. Inspired by either her personal life or old Korean fables, they each have their own backstory, which of course, only adds to the intense drama.
This is an example of Jee Lee's work: 
As someone interested in diorama art, this is fascinating to me.
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