Folks:
It was a sunny day in NYC and we visited the International Center for Photography which we do on occasion. There was an amazing photo there made by Richard Learoyd where he used a room-sized camera obscura to directly print to a very large sheet of photographic paper (Ilfochrome). The photo was amazing, the detail and the tonality were unlike anything I have ever seen in a print. It really must be seen in person. That is some serious large format photography. If you are in NYC anytime soon, I recommend the ICP as worth a visit. An interesting aside is that each print is unique unlike printing from a negative.
Does anyone have any technical details about how he does this? I assume he can't use a lens and must use a pinhole as i doubt there are any LF lenses out there with five foot image circles. I'm curious how long it takes to make an image.
Thanks,
Dave B.
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