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The Original
I-CAN
Free reusable Solargraph Pinhole Can Camera designed by pinhole photographer
Justin Quinnell
(On the shoulders of: Dominique Stroobant -1982, Diego Lopez Calvin - 2003, Tarja Trygg - 2006.)
Positioning camera
7 month exposure across the Atlantic
On board the Nordylys
7 month exposure across the Atlantic
Clifton Suspension Bridge - 2007
Positioning camera
7 month exposure across the Atlantic
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Capture 6 months of Sunshine
How to make and use your own I-Can, 6 month exposure camera
To take the lid off a can safely,
look 1 minute into here
Photographic paper available from :
First Call or RK Photographic
As seen on:
Blue Peter, Radio 4 Today, Radio 6,
The One Show, Dick and Dom, NASA (apod), The Brothers Bloom (Rachel Weiss and Mark Ruffalo)
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Thousands made over the past 12 years with lectures and
workshops on 5 continents
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Uses discarded materials that can be reused over and over again
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No wasteful packaging
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Great DIY project covering: Art,
History, Science, Astronomy, ICT, Recycling, Photography, D and T.
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An opportunity to have 'a drink
with a friend' with every camera.
(130,000 views since 2012)
My previous Solargraphy projects and exhibitions:
2008 - 'Slow Light' - 6 month exposures of Bristol, AtBristol Science Centre
2010 - Damned - Detroit USA
2012 - Sunrise Project - Knowle West Media Centre - Art Residency
2013 - Pinhole World - Poland
2013 - Edinburgh College of Art - Photography Symposium
2014 - Orkney International Science Festival
2016 - Light Years - 5 years of continuous exposures - Southmead Hospital
2018 - Light Waves - Long exposures from the masts of tall ships crossing the Atlantic
To see more pinhole and obscura experiments and designs
please visit my website www.pinholephotography.org
Justin Quinnell
(more than just a 'buzz on the internet')
For darkroom fun in Bristol visit: www.realphotographycompany.co.uk
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