Research & Works

Camera Obscura Studies, La Tourette

“Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition” at Spiral Garden, 2017, ©Sohei Oya / Nakasa & Partners Inc.

I took a long-exposure photograph of the view from the window of a bedroom in Le Corbusier’s Convent of La Tourette by using the principle of the camera obscura to cast an inverted image of the scenery outside into the room through a pinhole. This exhibit features a one-to-one scale model of the room, the actual photograph I made with the pinhole camera, and images of the view from the window.

“Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition” at Spiral Garden, 2017, ©Sohei Oya / Nakasa & Partners Inc.
“Windowology 10th Anniversary Exhibition” at Spiral Garden, 2017, ©Sohei Oya / Nakasa & Partners Inc.

1,030×728 mm (5 items), 515×728 mm(1 item),
1,296×910 mm (4 items)/
Lambda print (6 items), inkjet print (4 items)/
2017 / production support: TOKYO STUDIO

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Homma Takashi Photographer

Born 1962 in Tokyo, Japan. Received the 24th Ihei Kimura Photography Award for Tokyo Suburbia in 1999. Held his first solo museum exhibition New Documentary at three museums in Japan from 2011 to 2012. Has published many photo books, including the Fun Photography series. Published his work with camera obscuras under the title The Narcissistic City from UK-based publishing house MACK in 2016.