{"id":11254,"date":"2026-10-13T16:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=11254"},"modified":"2026-10-13T16:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:20:27","slug":"pinky-bass-and-the-magic-of-the-camera-an-artists-journey-behind-the-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/10\/13\/pinky-bass-and-the-magic-of-the-camera-an-artists-journey-behind-the-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinky Bass and The Magic of the Camera: An artist’s journey behind the lens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 A new artist has joined the International Arts Center<\/a> gallery on the Troy Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Pinky Bass shows how art isn’t just the end result, but the process and equipment needed to build it. Her newest collection, “Pinky Bass: The Magic of the Camera<\/a>,” reveals how a simple lens can change a whole canvas and a viewer’s perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A person can look at it and think it means this or it means that,” Bass said. “In other words, its got the dichotomy of meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You bring yourself to it rather than me dictating to you what you are seeing. That, to me, is really important when I do imagery. If I make a photograph and make a mistake in it, I find that to be the most wonderful surprise, because it gives me an idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I literally poured Clorox on a photograph one time and stopped it at the right moment and I thought ‘I can do this all the time. I don’t have to have a straight photograph.’ So I like making mistakes and finding out things that way.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RELATED NEWS: ArtSPARK encourages families to explore cameras and Troy\u2019s campus<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bass also touches on her favorite creations that used her camera method and how it affected the scope of the artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What I like was I just got whatever camera I could find and played with it,” said Pinky. “So this was a little plastic camera that had four holes in it, four lenses. And when you click the picture on a 120 film, it would give you four little tiny pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So this one little tiny picture of my daughter and it looks like she’s floating above the Gulf. Actually her husband was holding her up, but she’s floating above. She’s pregnant. I mean it was just this magic little tiny piece of film. And I was able to play with it, blow it up, get large and then write a story about it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Bass often begins with a specific goal in mind, the camera helps create results that are both experimental and beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Although this point in my time, I am not doing this straight photography that someone would consider a photographer,” said Pinky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m stitching on photographs, I’m ripping them up, I’m using alternative processes of all kind. So basically, what I am is a creative maybe that is looking for a voice. And I’m always looking for the new experience. I always want the new thing to happen: new ideas, new thoughts, I’m looking for new ways of looking at the world and how things progress.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bass’s collection will be displayed now until Nov. 15 at the IAC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 A new artist has joined the International Arts Center gallery on the Troy Campus.<\/p>\n

Artist Pinky Bass shows how art isn’t just the end result, but the process and equipment needed to build it. Her newest collection, “Pinky Bass: The Magic of the Camera,” reveals how a simple lens can change…<\/p>\n

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