CHIBA Naoko’s pinhole camera workshop held in 20 and 21 August.
In the exhibition “Ubiquitous Views”, she shows the artworks which were taken by handmade pinhole camera, and one of the aim of this workshop was to experience the way of her creation.

 

First, Chiba exprained the history and mechanism of camera and photograph.

Then, make the original pinhole camera by box.

Finish making the camera, set the photographic paper in the dark room and take the photos.

Depends on the place, the participants expose 8-12 minits because it was rain.

Take one photo, the move to the darkroom and print.
The participants could print negative.

 

In the 2nd day, they made positive print by negative print.
make the negative adhere to the new photographic paper, and expose them.
Then print it.

 

 

 

Depends on the exposing, the positive is printed differently.