Workshop: Camera Obscura – Back to the Origins of Photography

The camera obscura, also known as “dark chamber” or “mysterious room”, is a precursor of today’s photo cameras. In this workshop we enter a life-size camera obscura and familiarise ourselves with the origins and principles of analogue photography. These principles can then be put into practice as we take our own photographs and experiment with a pinhole camera. In the process, you will find out how factors like light, time, space and material affect an image. We then develop our motif in the photo lab; a unique original that you can take home with you. In the workshop, the pupils are introduced to the history of photography, given a more in-depth look at the basics of photo lab technology and create their own analogue photographs with a biscuit tin. Spatial constraints in the photo lab mean that the number of participants is limited to a maximum of ten pupils.

Levels: all school levels
Duration: 2–2.5 h
Pricing: CHF 250
Registration: vermittlung@fotozentrum.ch

For more detailed information, please consult the German-language version of this page.