Each photograph displayed was made without the use of a mechanical camera. Instead, all of the images were created in light tight boxes constructed by each class participant. The abundance of images and their eclectic nature of the show truly represent the student's attitude towards their image making. Here are some amazing examples of student work, using oatmeal boxes, pringle cans, and other household containers. This necessitates different ways of working, primarily because the exposures must be relatively long.
Pinhole photography produces images which differ from lens images in several important respects.
Where a lens forms an image by bringing rays of light coming to it from each point in the subject to a common focus, the pinhole does not focus at all, instead, it acts as a center of projection. Speaking practically, a ray of light from any point in the subject, passing through the pinhole, will intersect the film in only one place. Another ray of light coming from a different point in the subject will strike the film in a different place. The accumulation of all rays of light passing through the hole will thus form an image at the film plane. Because the hole is not actually a true point, it allows more than just one ray of light from each point in the subject to strike the film.