What is Pinhole Photography?

Pinhole photography uses simple cameras to create unique pieces of artwork.

A pinhole camera can be made from any light proof container with a small hole (aka pinhole), and a shutter (e.g. a piece of gaffers tape). A small metal mint container or a large box truck can be turned into a pinhole camera. Pinhole photography uses long exposure times to create an inverted image onto light sensitive film or paper on the opposite side of the pinhole. The images are both upside down and reversed. We use photographic paper to obtain a negative image. The positive images you see in our gallery are obtained by inverting a high-resolution photograph of the negative with a computer program (e.g. adobe photoshop).