Pinhegg: An Egg Pinhole Camera

[Ian David]

Since yesterday was both Easter and Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, it inspired Francesco Capponi to attempt a project he’d been thinking about for years, converting an egg into a single-use camera obscura:

The purpose was to sacrifice the camera in the process of photo creation – I wanted the camera to become the photograph. To let you understand, the process from the camera to the photograph is the same that ties the baby bird to the egg: the bird grows protected from the shell and when it’s ready breaks it and comes out. This is why I decided to create the Pinhegg – An Egg Pinhole Camera.

Francesco shared his photos in the MAKE Flickr pool and posted full instructions on how to create your own, but because of the fragility of the camera body, it’s not an easy process. In order to create four good photographs, Francesco destroyed fifty eggs.




More:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/pinhegg-an-egg-pinhole-camera.html

[Celebration]

1. interesting!

I looked at the directions, though, and when it got to the word "patience" and then "more patience" as ingredients, it lost me.

Only once did I "help" my dad in his sporadic attempts to turn the downstairs bathroom into a darkroom (decades ago). But that was enough to be forever grateful for digital! I can't imagine putting the patience it takes to put an image on the inside of an egg.

[alfredo]

2. Pinhole photography, when done right, can make for some

dramatic images.


http://www.sharenator.com/Pinhole_Photography/#/cover_pic-0.html

[Solly Mack]

3. Neat! Thanks!!!

[Stevenmarc]

4. OK if the egg is too large a project, try a Pine Nut

http://www.lomography.com/magazine/tipster/2011/04/22/pinholo

[JohnnyRingo]

5. I wonder how lighting can be experimented with

It seems the shell can diffuse light from different angles. Maybe more than one hole would give an interesting image.

I barely have patience enough for shutter settings without working with a pinhole. I can't imagine how many tries it would take to get the right exposure through an egg.