Pinhole Photography

Title: The Massive National Archives
Artist: Scott Speck
Medium: Unknown
Year: Unknown

Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?

A pinhole camera is a box, with a tiny hole at one end and film or photographic paper at the other. Pinhole photography is lensless photography. A tiny hole replaces the lens. Light passes through the hole; an image is formed in the camera. Pinhole cameras are used for fun, for art, and for science. Some images that you take with a pinhole camera can't be produced by a regular camera.


Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

I think it is interesting that you can create this pinhole camera yourself and that you can take pictures from it that you wouldn't be able to take from a regular film camera and the picture turn out the same. I think the pinhole camera is very creative. I think that it's interesting that this camera can be made out of sea shells or even and oatmeal box. How cool is that?


Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog):Katlin