In this hands-on workshop, we created our own pinhole cameras from recycled household items such as shoeboxes or coffee cans. Unlike traditional cameras, pinhole cameras had no lenses. Instead, a tiny hole allowed light rays to enter and project an inverted image onto a piece of black and white photo paper attached inside.

Participants used overaged photo paper, which reacted slowly to light, ideal for capturing long-exposure images. The process included painting the inside of the box or can, creating a small hole, and preparing a lightproof cover. In a darkroom, we loaded the photographic paper into our cameras and then took them outside to capture images as silent witnesses to the scenes around us. The resulting negatives were influenced by the movement and stillness in our chosen environments, with the size of the hole affecting both sharpness and exposure time.