Pinhole Photo Workshop
Paris Pinhole Photo Workshop (en français)
Come discover the origins of photography! We’ll make out own pinhole cameras from metal coffee or tea tins. No need of glass lenses, no batteries, not even a viewfinder! We’ll go back to the earliest photography technology long before even the first photographs made in the 19th century. We’ll create images that, while photographic, won’t look like any other photos you’ve taken before!
To begin with, we’ll make our cameras from metal canisters (we recommend the cylindrical Illy coffee cans). Once we transform the canisters into cameras (in about five minutes!), we’ll place traditional black and white paper inside and we’ll be off in search of pictures! After taking several negatives with the cameras, we’ll finish the workshop by transferring at least one of the negatives into a finished black and white positive image.
Signing up for this fun and easy to learn workshop you will learn:
- To create your own camera!
- how to use it to take your own photos
- to develop your negatives in a darkroom
- how to transfer the images into positives
What you’ll need to bring: Ideally, bring an all metal canister. (at Monoprix you’ll find cylindrical metal Illy brand coffee containers or at Franprix, look for the Franprix brand metal tea canisters). We’ll supply all the necessary chemistry and black and white photo paper, black electrical tape, scissors, etc.
Price: 145 € per person (reduction if you come with a friend).
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Payment Methods: A Paypal invoice will be sent upon registration. Checks from French banks will be accepted if received at least one week before workshop date.
Types of payment accepted: we prefer PayPal but we can accept personal checks (from French banks) if they arrive at least one week ahead of the workshop date.
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Getting to Atelier Atlantis
The workshops take place in Gentilly just at the Southern border of Paris. Easy access on RER line B (Gentilly stop) or with buses 57, 125 or 184 that drop you off within two minutes of the studio. Or drive your car and exit Paris via the Porte de Gentilly.