The Great Picture
July 29, 2011 6:21 PM Subscribe
Southern California Public Radio Reports (article [audio and video available inline]): Five years ago, a team of photographers created the world’s largest photograph by converting an Orange County jet hanger into a giant [pinhole] camera. The 30-by-111 foot image — called “The Great Picture” — is now on public view [at the Culver Center of the Arts] for only the second time in the U.S. Displaying the giant snapshot can be a monumental challenge. Making it was a lot harder (slyt).
Continued from the main article: The silvery black and white image is like an abstract panoramic cave painting. Along a horizon line that splits the twin runaways from the sky and San Joaquin Hills, you can make out a control tower, buildings, giant antennae and even a couple of palm trees. The Legacy Project team created the photo by transforming a 160-foot wide, 80-foot tall aircraft hangar into a giant camera obscura — a dark room.
The "world’s largest photograph" link was found in Krapulous' comment here.
Continued from the main article: The silvery black and white image is like an abstract panoramic cave painting. Along a horizon line that splits the twin runaways from the sky and San Joaquin Hills, you can make out a control tower, buildings, giant antennae and even a couple of palm trees. The Legacy Project team created the photo by transforming a 160-foot wide, 80-foot tall aircraft hangar into a giant camera obscura — a dark room.
The "world’s largest photograph" link was found in Krapulous' comment here.
Reproductions of Adequate Size? I don't think they exist.
posted by Doofus Magoo at 7:22 PM on July 29, 2011 [7 favorites]
posted by Doofus Magoo at 7:22 PM on July 29, 2011 [7 favorites]
Also, Guinness confirms that this is the world's largest ratio of original to thumbnail on the whole internets.
posted by dhartung at 10:06 PM on July 29, 2011
posted by dhartung at 10:06 PM on July 29, 2011
Very interesting concept--couldn't they have found a hanger with a more interesting view to shoot?
Bleah.
posted by BlueHorse at 11:30 PM on July 29, 2011
Bleah.
posted by BlueHorse at 11:30 PM on July 29, 2011
I bet they were pleased that they could leave out the stop bath.
posted by captainsohler at 11:46 PM on July 29, 2011
posted by captainsohler at 11:46 PM on July 29, 2011
couldn't they have found a hanger with a more interesting view to shoot?
The view is incidental to the larger Legacy Project, which according to the mission statement "is dedicated to producing comprehensive documentation of the shuttered El Toro Marine Corps Air Station and its transformation into one of the nation's largest metropolitan parks," which hal_c_on alluded to above.
The post could use some more context and polish but I accidentally clicked Post instead of Preview, so here it is.
posted by troll at 11:54 PM on July 29, 2011
The view is incidental to the larger Legacy Project, which according to the mission statement "is dedicated to producing comprehensive documentation of the shuttered El Toro Marine Corps Air Station and its transformation into one of the nation's largest metropolitan parks," which hal_c_on alluded to above.
The post could use some more context and polish but I accidentally clicked Post instead of Preview, so here it is.
posted by troll at 11:54 PM on July 29, 2011
hung a single, seamless piece of light sensitive muslin cloth
Them dang muslins get in ever'where!
posted by kcds at 12:00 AM on July 30, 2011
Them dang muslins get in ever'where!
posted by kcds at 12:00 AM on July 30, 2011
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