We haven’t checked, but we’ll go out on a limb here and say this is the first project we’ve featured with a BOM that includes “an apartment in Paris with a breathtaking view of the Eiffel Tower.” We ...

With all of the amazing things our modern technical devices can do, we can forget that sometimes the most spectacular things can be created using the simplest technology. Over the past week, UK-based ...

There is a camera obscura on Front Street in Greenport. In Latin, the word camera means room and obscura means dark, hence dark room. It is near the marina at Mitchell Park. In this dark room, light ...

One of the best waterfront views of Greenport’s Mitchell Park can be found indoors, within a pitch-black room known as a camera obscura. The attraction, which gives visitors a panoramic view of ...

The good folks beavering away at their long tables in the magisterial north Rose Main Reading Room on the third floor of the New York Public Library’s main building might be excused for feeling spied ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At about the time when coffee gained ground across the Near East in ...

Image: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm.) Abelardo Morell is a contemporary Cuban-born American photographer renowned for his use of camera obscura to capture land and cityscapes. The artists’s interest ...

Don’t let the name scare you — camera obscura is clearly cool. And photographer Mark Zimmerman is happy to tell you all about it. Better yet, take a look for yourself. Zimmerman, a professor of ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. By Sebastian Smee Oct. 2 at 7:00 a.m. ARLES, France — Abelardo Morell ...

Image: 18 x 22 in. (45.72 x 55.88 cm.) Camera Obsura Image of Time Square in Hotel Room was a limited-edition print and originally shown in The New York Times Magazine Photographs. Published as part ...