Creative Arts Champlain

Here is what some of our second semester photo students came up with when asked to build a pinhole camera that went beyond the traditional Quaker Oats box.

Here are a few examples of pinhole cameras and the resulting images that were made by photo students in their 2D/3D design class. Most use paper negatives, but the chair actually has a built-in film mechanism.

When Fred was assigned a pinhole camera to build in his 2D/3D design class, he casually asked whether he could turn his garage into a Camera Obscura. With his mom’s hesitant agreement, he drilled a hole in the door, painted the wall and rearranged the furniture. The result is an upside-down projection of the outside world on the back wall. What you see below is a photograph of that projection.

This is Claudia Mayer’s pinhole shower camera, made for her 2D/3D design class. The negative image is made with the camera and the positive is a contact print made in the darkroom.

Here are some more pinhole cameras made in the 2D/3D design class. And below you will find a few images made with some of those camera. If you are interested in pinhole cameras, check out world pinhole day.