Unusual Photo Made With a Pinhole Camera

A pinhole camera is the ultimate in simple photographic devices – a lightproof box with a small aperture (often literally a pinhole) and a bit of film or photo paper. The image above was made with such a camera.

In the foreground is the pointed roof of a house or small building. Behind that is… what???

The surprising answer is at the link, with further explanation here.

Link, Via: Kottke, Via: Neatorama

Yama: 3D Pinhole Camera Made From Human Skull

Wayne Martin Belger of Boy of Blue Industries created this pinhole camera, named Yama, out of a human skull! Yama is the Tibetan God of Death:

Yama’s eyes are cast from bronze and silver with a brass pinhole in each. A divider runs down the middle of the skull creating
two separate cameras. A finished contact print mounted on copper is inserted in to the back of the camera to view what Yama saw in 3D.

Yama is made from Aluminium, Titanium, Copper, Brass, Bronze Steel, Silver, Gold, Mercury with 4 Sapphires, 3 Rubies (The one at Yama’s third eye was $5000.00), Asian and American Turquoise, Sand, Blood, and 9 Opals inlayed in the Skull. The film loading system is pneumatic. A 300psi air tank in the middle of the camera powers 2 pneumatic pistons to move the film holder forward and lock it into place. The switch to open and close the film chamber is located under the jaw.

Link, Via: Neatorama