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Photography is the only art in which you start out with a completely full canvas. Then you make choices about the elements you can take away. It's simplicity that I like.
I've been attempting to speak visually since about 2006. Over the past several years I've shot with many toy cameras, polaroids, 35mm, medium format and digital cameras. The vast majority of my photography is now captured with a very old Hasselblad 500c, a medium format pinhole camera, and a DSLR. All of my post process work is done in Lightroom. Two things that I don't particularly want in my life are ownership of a car and ownership of Photoshop. I tend to avoid both, but I not with much vim or vigor.
I would rather have viewers think about an image than a process, but I understand that people are sometimes curious about "how" something is made. I tend to conceal info like EXIF data because I feel like it is distracting. If, however, anyone is curious about any technical info, I'm open to any questions. I do, however, feel like the result is more important than the process.
Thanks for seeing.

Photos of thespeak (33)
thespeak's favorite photos from other Flickr members (7,805)
Contacts (561)
Groups (50)
- Less Is More... 29,455 photos, 26,410 members
- As Above So Below 8,749 photos, 349 members
- pinhole reality_6x6 (only B&W) 387 photos, 63 members
- reddit 6,257 photos, 922 members
- ╠Art Libre-Free Art-Arte Libre-Freie Kunst-INVITED PIX ONLY 49,025 photos, 7,872 members
- American West in Black and White 3,858 photos, 231 members
- Time in a can 96 photos, 414 members
- Innova Pinhole 206 photos, 10 members
- Square Magazine Online 7,924 photos, 473 members
- The New Camera Work 203 photos, 69 members
- theatre of the black wall 2,206 photos, 404 members
- Getty Images on Flickr 0 photos, 12,752 members
- Rocks, Rocks, Rocks 2,988 photos, 224 members
- Your Best Shot 2010 20,265 photos, 24,807 members
- Soulful Artists 3,297 photos, 195 members
- Film Photography Podcast 45,941 photos, 2,138 members
- **Our Own Private Idaho** 26,235 photos, 786 members
- zen 56,532 photos, 3,950 members
- Low Tide Treasures 181 photos, 47 members
- Better in Black & White 5,736 photos, 258 members
- PX / PZ Color Shade By The IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT 10,639 photos, 1,734 members
- Organizing PDX Group Show 0 photos, 3 members
- Portland, Oregon in Black and White 2,147 photos, 153 members
- Portland through a pinhole 194 photos, 17 members
- Chasing Shadows 29,237 photos, 1,176 members
- portland photographers 9,958 photos, 286 members
- Pin-olheiros 4,879 photos, 503 members
- NPR Picture Show 85,084 photos, 5,032 members
- ICM - Intentional Camera Movement - 14.000+ great submissions! 14,501 photos, 2,081 members
- Aesthetics of Failure 8,952 photos, 6,631 members
- Aut - Aut 62,656 photos, 1,617 members
- PX / PZ - Silver Shade Film by The Impossible Project 13,921 photos, 2,188 members
- THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT 68,417 photos, 5,566 members
- Churches Chapels Temples Cathedrals Portland Oregon Pacific NW 140 photos, 24 members
- B&W Pinhole Photography 13,372 photos, 1,470 members
- Where in the World is the Tea Tin Pinhole Camera?? 77 photos, 47 members
- Freelensing 5,307 photos, 2,232 members
- Feeling Negative? 8,871 photos, 579 members
- POLAROID EDGE 86,209 photos, 5,897 members
- PacificNW 5,397 photos, 123 members
- Friends of Newspace Center for Photography 324 photos, 39 members
- Worldwide Pinhole Day 1,613 photos, 467 members
- Piling Love 714 photos, 87 members
- Bridges of the Pacific NW 3,604 photos, 345 members
- PDX Nightowls 2,742 photos, 349 members
- Dark Matter 2,344 photos, 219 members
- PNEUMNEM 1,770 photos, 234 members
- Hasselblad 173,113 photos, 9,710 members
- Oregon Coast - a Flickr group 27,085 photos, 2,601 members
- MIRROR VIEWS from a STREET MENTALITY 2,907 photos, 439 members
Galleries (3)
- black and white pinhole 12 photos
- The Bridge (from A to Y) 18 photos
- Fundamental Changes 12 photos
Testimonials (6)
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Mackeson says:
" ... 4:30 am ... echoes ... pink floyd ... instant coffee ... honey ... cigarettes ... my dog has abandoned me ... to glaciers ... costa rica ... italy ... gonzo world trekking ... global re-positioning ... zero ... unfamiliar images of familiar places ... bravo!"
17th April, 2011
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Dead Air says:
"thespeak speaks with his cameras and if we aren't listening our eyes must be deaf."
20th June, 2008
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Dan65 says:
"Erik is simply a star. A very unassuming, generous, warm-hearted star, but a star nonetheless. He has quietly developed his own special and very excellent photographic style, whilst all the time showering other photographers with ebullient and enthusiastic praise. He sees things in a way others don't, processes pictures in a way others don't. Don't be misled by his modesty about his work - Erik is a darned good photographer, every new image is a new experience for those who view it. Put thespeak in your list of contacts and enjoy his pictures as I do."
15th January, 2007
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AgonysMuse says:
"Erik has a wonderful perspective on the world. I love how he has taken the time to show us things from a different point of view. Simple and elegant with the perfect touch of creativity!"
19th August, 2006
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oybay© says:
"Erik is what Flickr is all about. Leaving Portland, I never thought I would be seeing what's going on anymore in the Rose City, but his pics bring it on home! Why can't there be more people out there like "thespeak"?"
16th August, 2006
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donkey with a hat says:
"yo. you rock."
15th April, 2006
- Name:
- Erik
- Joined:
- January 2005
- Currently:
- Portland, OR, USA
- I am:
- Male
- Occupation:
- other






















