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Step inside the "dark room" where the history of seeing began. From a simple pinhole to sophisticated lens-equipped boxes, the camera obscura provided the foundational understanding of light and projection that would eventually birth the camera.

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Contents

Introduction
1A history of the camera obscura
Early descriptions
2John Barrow: The camera obscura (1735)
3George Adams: The camera obscura (1794)
Examples
4Camera obscura: Design and use
5Historic and contemporary camera obscuras
Portable camera obscura
6Portable camera obscura
7Tent-type camera obscura
8Military uses of camera obscura
People using camera obscura
9People using camera obscuras
Ephemera
10Camera obscura: Ephemera
Mementos
11Mementos showing camera obscura
Photographers
12Abelardo Morell: Camera obscura
13Denis Farley: Camera obscuras

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