The last Sunday in April is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, an opportunity to participate in a global collaborative art event. The project goes beyond the similarly themed 24/7 photography program by encouraging people to actually build cameras–to experience the history of technology and make the construction of the camera part of the creative act.
The event’s planners provide information about building pinhole cameras (old oatmeal boxes are perfect) and encourage participants to experiment with exposures and depth-of-field to create “magical things.”
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day blends generations of technology. While relying on the Internet to create a collaborative experience and preserve the art of pinhole photography, it encourages people to step back from cellphones and digital cameras (and implicitly the hectic pace of “connected” life) by personalizing historic technology.
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. Historian Shae Davidson's research interests include public policy and the relationship between culture and civil society. His publications range from articles on industrial history to absurdist poetry.
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do not use my images (or anyone else’s images) from flickr without proper link back to the original flickr page. the above image should link to http://www.flickr.com/photos/beetabonk/486568423. use the ‘blog this’ feature above the image in flickr to get the appropriate results. what you’ve done - download the image and save it on your server - is just wrong…