A pinhole camera, also known as camera obscura, or “dark chamber”, is a camera without a lens. Instead of a lens there is simply a tiny hole to let light into the camera body and onto the recording medium.

Go into a very dark room on a bright day. Make a small hole in a window cover and look at the opposite wall. What do you see? Magic! So here are 20 Beautiful Photographs Created With Pinhole Camera that will hypnotize you with their awesomeness.

Brooklyn Bridge by Abelardo Morrell


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If this title hadn’t already existed, I would have had to have composed it by camera_obscura/vic

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lε congεtturε dı Arlεcchıno by jef safi

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luminosity by manyfires

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Kokkorou by kzappaster

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the chub 14 O rotten death by andrea buzzichelli

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Pinhole_6th_Street_Viaduct by The Great PINHOLIO!

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standing on a paper by nametor

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Medicine of my smile by tearoom

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swirl by thespeak

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Pittock mansion by Matt Abinante

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Lucky Strikes by Mackeson

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Zeppelin by cZak142

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fraser’s reef pinhole by sue.h

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an astorian silhouette by manyfires

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Our Fathers by Mackeson

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@ the trainstation by La Lumière

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Untitled by Simon TomIinson

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pinhole at night by Matt Abinante

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Dunes of Maspalomas by timo.frey

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If you are wondering how to create these pinhole images, here are some great resources for you to get started :