Fascinating stuff, plep! Funnily enough, I've never been able to provoke the typical camera obscura image or, in fact, seen one. Now I'm quite anxious to!
There's this old shed, see...? posted by MiguelCardoso at 3:47 AM on April 30, 2003
Interesingly, David Hockney believes that Vermeer, Holbein, Velazquez, Hals, etc. -even Rembrandt - used the camera obscura to render their subjects, which does not undermine their accomplishments, but allows some perspective on the tools and technology of those times.
It certainly doesn't diminish the stunning simplicity and gravity of Vermeer's allegory, or portraiture. posted by hama7 at 5:46 AM on April 30, 2003
I've never been able to provoke the typical camera obscura image or, in fact, seen one.
Greenwich Royal Observatory's is pretty impressive -- worth the hike up the hill -- and I'm told that the Edinburgh one is even better. And there's apparently one at the Castelo de São Jorge in Lisbon, so you have absolutely no excuse. posted by riviera at 8:22 AM on April 30, 2003
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There's this old shed, see...?
posted by MiguelCardoso at 3:47 AM on April 30, 2003