If you're traveling with kids, there is no better place in Edinburgh than Camera Obscura and World of Illusions. Located at the top of the heavily (tourist) trafficked Royal Mile, Camera Obscura ...

This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. Something strange and wonderful happens when light enters a dark space through a tiny opening. Aristotle described the ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. By Sebastian Smee Oct. 2 at 7:00 a.m. ARLES, France — Abelardo Morell ...

French inventor Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce is credited with creating the first permanent photograph in 1826. He used a camera obscura and a pewter plate coated with bitumen of Judea, an asphalt ...

August 19 is recognized as“World Photography Day” in many countries, celebrating one of humanity's most significant ...

I’ve been following Ben McCarthy’s journey with Obscura since the app first launched in 2015, watching the app as it has evolved alongside changes to Apple’s camera hardware. Camera apps pose unique ...

I enjoy taking lots of photos. Over the years, I’ve dabbled with DSLRs, but more often than not these days, I use my iPhone because it’s always nearby. I’ve historically used Apple’s built-in Camera ...

Abelardo Morell is a contemporary Cuban-born American photographer renowned for his use of camera obscura to capture land and cityscapes. The artists’s interest in the early technology came from a ...