A Camera, Obscured

All of the stories of the mechanics of a camera obscura sound like something out of a magic trick, at least to me. The believability of an image shining through a pinhole opening, through a lens or not, and creating some kind of image on the opposite wall sounds impossible. I guess I was looking forward to seeing it for the first time and judge whether or not it stands up to its legend. Needless to say, I went to the exhibit and was satisfied with the odd mechanics of the machine and the outcome it brought. The whole city street on the other side of the wall was upside down and reversed. I wanted to go outside and do a handstand and fall off the face of the planet. Odd, maybe, but a film student’s gotta dream.