Cheryl -- The following website contains information on the camera obscura:
Paul T. Burns, History of the Discovery of Cinematography,
http://www.precinemahistory.net/.
Cynthia Read-Miller
Senior Curator, Photography & Prints
Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
20900 Oakwood Blvd.
Dearborn, MI 48121-1970
(313) 982-6081
Fax: (313) 982-6244
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Website: www.hfmgv.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cheryl Maslin [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 12:03 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: photography pre-history, camera obscura/pin-hole
>
> I am researching an aspect of pre-photography history for inclusion in
> my thesis and request leads on the following:
>
> 1) information on a currently active listserv for history of
> photography;
>
>
> 2) bibliographic information and/or copy of a particular article, from
> either a book or periodical, regarding an incident (below) purportedly
> from the era of the camera obscura, more specific time frame of
> 13th-16th century, and related to pin-hole cameras.
>
> the scenario: a man was arrested as a heretic by the Church for
> practicing various un-church authorized activities. He was imprisoned
> in a cell with a small window. He managed to have smuggled in various
> materials, possibly gum arabic, gold leaf, etc., and proceeded to turn
> his cell into the equivalent of the interior of a pin-hole camera by
> applying the materials to walls and blocking off the window save for a
> pin-prick. As the sun came up, he crouched in the corner for the
> duration of the day, some 16 hours or so, while the day's events were
> recorded on the walls. The guard came, saw the result of the work,
> reported it to his superiors and the heretic was immediately taken out
> and burned at the stake for witchcraft.
>
> The writer of the article was a photographer of sorts and the article
> itself was written in the 1970s or 80s with an urgent message that the
> cell was being considered for demolition and he wanted to alert the
> world to this issue.
>
>
> 3) any suggestions for other books, past or present on the pre-history
> of photography, 11th centur to mid-19th century? I am already familiar
> with the periodical, Camera Obscura. many thanks!
>
> -Cheryl Maslin
>
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