PinHoleDay a.k.a. Pin Hole Day = Camera Obscura

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About PinHoleDay a.k.a. Pin Hole Day = Camera Obscura

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April 27, 2008

Have A Lookie See

www.pinholeday.org/

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD), a global event celebrating the fantasy, art, fun and experience of lens less photography, will occur on April 27th, 2008.

All photographers around the world will be invited to take a picture with a pinhole camera during the 24 hours of Sunday April 27 and upload it to the website. A photo by each artist will become part of the international Web gallery on the WPPD site.

The event is open to all photographers throughout the world, to every no-lens photography aficionado and to those who have never practised this creative and fun technique before.

Pinhole photos are taken without any lens but simply through a small hole, about the size of the period at the end of a sentence. Photos can be made using cameras made from ordinary stuff such as shoeboxes, peeled tomato cans or tea boxes.

An increasing number of people are approaching and showing more and more interest in the exciting practice of pinhole photography. In 2001, 291 pinhole photographers from 24 countries took part in the web exhibition. In 2007, there were 2943 participants from 68 countries.