"cam·er·a ob·scu·ra ˌkam(ə)rə əbˈskyo͝orə / noun a darkened box with a convex lens or aperture for projecting the image of an external object onto a screen inside. It is important historically in the development of photography." If you want the basic definition of a camera obscura, this is what you'll get when you ask Google. If you want to witness something amazing, however, you'll get some friends, 21 giant black trash bags, and a LOT of tape. This collaboration started out as a somewhat doubtful experience. While talking about the process, we all kept saying "I hope this works, I hope this works," crossing our fingers that we could get some good photos for this assignment. At first, once we got all the layers of our trash bags up, we stood in the dark room discussing how big the aperture should've been. We started with a pinprick.... nothing. We moved on to a dime size... it got a little brighter, but still no image....
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