Camera Obscura
The camera obscura seems little short of miraculous, even after the optical rationale has been explained... That Abelardo Morell was able to photograph the thing in action, in effect producing photographs of a photographic process, and that he has done so with such lapidar and transformative eloquence, is breathtaking.—Luc Sante, from his introduction to
Camera Obscura
From photographer
Abelardo Morell, a gallery of hauntingly beautiful pictures excerpted from his new book,
Camera Obscura, where we discover how much of the world can fit through a pinhole.
TODAY’S FEATURE
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, Englishman
JONATHAN BELL defends his nation against a cursing student of Anglo-Saxons.
out-mothered
Non-Expert Jessica Francis Kane leads her followers into the battle of the playground.
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DIGEST
Recently unmasked producer Burial joins his old schoolmate Four Tet on a cryptically released 12-inch. The result is two post-rock peregrinations sure to set your perceptions on edge.
