What is Pinhole Photography?
Pinhole photography (or Camera Obscura) is photography stripped back to its rudimentary beginnings. A Pinhole Camera consists solely of a light-tight box with a tiny pinhole at the front which acts as a lens, thus dispensing with roughly 150 years of innovation and technological advancement.
A photo is taken by uncovering the pinhole for an estimated period of time that varies depending on light conditions, pinhole size and also the distance from the pinhole to the photo sensitive material (paper or film) inside the camera. Exposure times are usually lengthy and they can range from a couple of seconds to a matter of hours. This is what gives the images their unique and ghostly quality.
