{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urbanism"],"cover":{"alt":"Urban Pinhole Camera Apartment","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-pinhole-camera-apartment/pinhole-camera-apartment.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2012-03-20T16:10:01Z","description":"Paris-based photographers Romain Alary and Antoine Levi created a pinhole camera apartment  based on the principle of the Camera Obscura!","html":"\u003cp\u003eFor their experimental visual project \u003cem\u003eStenop.es\u003c/em\u003e, Paris-based photographers \u003cstrong\u003eRomain Alary\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eAntoine Levi\u003c/strong\u003e are just using a primitive technique: The \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura\"\u003eCamera Obscura\u003c/a\u003e, a pinhole camera\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo layers are merging while the landscapes takes place in the interior’s intimacy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea is as simple as it is ingenious. All they have to do to create such an pinhole camera apartment is to entirely darken a room (probably using some kind of transparency) and adding a tiny pinhole to one of the windows. The result is an upside-down projection of the real world taking place everywhere inside, creating that astonishing effect of merging the outside landscape with the indoor space.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDocumented by these professional photographers, this project is a brilliant example of combining old and new techniques, bringing urban environment directly into your apartment! And now check out \u003ca href=\"http://stenop.es/\"\u003ethe series\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://popupcity.net/2012/03/the-urban-apartment-as-a-pinhole-camera/\"\u003epopupcity.net\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nFor their experimental visual project *Stenop.es*, Paris-based photographers **Romain Alary** and **Antoine Levi** are just using a primitive technique: The [Camera Obscura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura), a pinhole camera...\n\n\u003e Two layers are merging while the landscapes takes place in the interior’s intimacy.\n\nThe idea is as simple as it is ingenious. All they have to do to create such an pinhole camera apartment is to entirely darken a room (probably using some kind of transparency) and adding a tiny pinhole to one of the windows. The result is an upside-down projection of the real world taking place everywhere inside, creating that astonishing effect of merging the outside landscape with the indoor space.\n\nDocumented by these professional photographers, this project is a brilliant example of combining old and new techniques, bringing urban environment directly into your apartment! And now check out [the series](http://stenop.es/)!\n\nVia [popupcity.net](http://popupcity.net/2012/03/the-urban-apartment-as-a-pinhole-camera/).\n","tags":["Interior Design","Building Projection","Urban Hacking","Urban Photography"],"title":"Urban Pinhole Camera Apartment","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-pinhole-camera-apartment/"}