Camera Obscura Reflects Pictures in a New Light
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Photographer Marja Pirila is fascinated with the simplicity and magic a camera obscura has to offer, and has been intensely using it in her work since 1996. Pirila says this series, titled "Interior/Exterior," was a nocturnal inspiration.
This image is titled "Camera Obscura / Sara, Tampere, Finland, 2013."