Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day graphic by Abdullah Rofii, April 2013, photo from Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day website.
Every year I plan to participate in Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, and every year it falls too close to our biggest event of the year, Art-A-Whirl. While Liz and I are busy prepping and preparing Casket Arts Studio 318, photographers across the globe are creating images with handmade pinhole cameras. Many of us know pinhole photography from elementary school science when we made a pinhole camera from a Quaker oatmeal box. But you can also make cameras from matchboxes, film canisters, paint cans, and shoe boxes.
The history of the pinhole camera dates back to the 5th century BC when the basic optical principles of the pinhole are commented on in Chinese texts. Chinese writers had experimented and discovered that light travels in straight lines. The philosopher Mo Ti (later Mo Tsu) was the first – to our knowledge – to record the formation of an inverted image with a pinhole or screen.
Hopefully, one year I will be in sync with other photographers from around the world and get out in the field with my own pinhole camera to celebrate Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. Until then, I enjoy the pinhole images posted by amateur and professional photographers worldwide. You can view the lensless pinhole photos submitted for 2013 at the Worldwide Pinhole Photography website.
-related to post: Pinhole Photography — History & Bones
-posted on red Ravine, Sunday, April 28th, 2013, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Looks difficult to do, but interesting. Thanks for showing us something new.
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It is time consuming, and for someone that’s new at it like me, hit and miss! I’ve worked in a lot of alternative photographic processes and the fun part is that you often never know what you are going to end up with for a final image. I’d like to try building the pinhole camera from the film canister. Just happen to have a few of those relics around the house. Thanks for stopping by!
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Sounds interesting. I’ve never done this (not even with a Quaker oatmeal box). Once life settles down, I might give this a try.
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