This human-sized camera obscura was one of the attractions at the RISD Alumni weekend, and I had never seen it before. Once inside the dark box, they opened a small lens, and voila, an upside down vision of the First Baptist Church suddenly came into focus. I am not sure why it was so cool, but it was.

The project was built in 1999 by artists Peter Goldberg, Erik Gould and Liz Swarr for the Convergence Festival.

It reminded me of another artist I admire, Abelardo Morrell, who works in Boston. He takes long exposure photographs of the camera obscura effect in rooms all over the world. In one series images of architectural icons, like the Eiffel Tower, are shown projected on the walls and beds of hotel rooms.