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Sep 202014
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How to Make Anything into a Camera

Liz Sales

Liz Sales

This workshop takes a quick look at the history, theory, and practice of pinhole photography with an emphasis on the technical relationship between camera-making and image formation. Each participant will leave with a camera (made from one of several objects provided), an image made by that camera, and an understanding of how to make a camera out of anything at all.

Presenters: Liz Sales

Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands

Presented by:

  • The International Center of Photography (ICP)

This workshop takes a quick look at the history, theory, and practice of pinhole photography with an emphasis on the technical relationship between camera-making and image formation. Each participant will leave with a camera (made from one of several objects provided), an image made by that camera, and an understanding of how to make a camera out of anything at all.

Presenter Bios

  • Liz Sales

    Liz Sales

    Liz Sales is an artist, art-writer, and educator. She is a Contributing Editor at Conveyor Magazine and a Faculty and Staff member at the International Center of Photography. She lives and works in a camera obscura, in Brooklyn, New York.

Organizations

  • The International Center of Photography (ICP)

    The International Center of Photography (ICP)

    The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture. Cornell Capa founded ICP in 1974 to champion “concerned photography” — socially and politically minded images that can educate and change the world. Through our exhibitions, education programs, community outreach, and public programs, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the power of the image.

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