Friday, December 13, 2013

Camera obscura

WEEK7- DAY5



1. SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY

Il cielo in una stanza - GINO PAOLI

A sky room being for the benefit of mr Kite - The beatles.


2. PLACES TO KNOW


Etna eruzione November 2013

3. PEOPLE TO DISCOVER

Mariano Dallago Camera Obscura at Abadir video

Robert Frank - a portrait documentary called Leaving home, coming home, by Gerald Fox.

A video about In honor of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Robert Frank’s seminal photo book The Americans, the National Gallery of Art organized a comprehensive exhibit of his work.4. QUESTION OF THE DAY



5. INSPIRATION

A great how-to video


The Magic Mirror of Life - a lot of information here.

Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino: “It is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you venture to seek what is underneath. But the surface
is inexhaustible”

“When people look at my pictures I want 
them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.” This was said by Robert Frank, one of the most important figures in American photography.

The work of Abelardo Morell - site 

A nice video of a nice project in Paris - Camera obscura Paris project

Master in Relational Design

The dark room is not a camera obscura


6. Homework - transform a room into a camera obscura.


Today is Saturday. The sun was shining bright this morning and so I did it! I used garbage bags to seal the window. As it wasn't enough I also used a dark piece of cloth. I used a white piece of cloth to cover furniture. It was really fun to do this task. I made a hole in the plastic and after everything was on place the image showed up clearly on the wall in front of the window. As I live in the 4th floor I was afraid I would get only sky. But I was able to see the buildings, the streets and the cars going up and down. I also did have some fun doing some chinese shadows with my hands. Unfortunately nothing of that shows in the photographs because my digital camera just isn't good enough!



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