A camera obscura and camera lucida work using different principles, but they both make use of mirrors to let us see the world in a different way. The camera lucida used to be a favorite tool of ...

“Step inside and see the world anew,” promises the silver and weirdly-shaped tiny building behind the Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary. And it delivers on its promise: a new view of Small ...

Most readers will have some idea of how a camera works, with a lens placed in front of a piece of film or an electronic sensor, and the distance between the two adjusted until the images is in focus.

Artists and photographers may be interested in a new device launched via Kickstarter this week in the form of the Camera Obscura, which offers a modern yet traditionally finished “old masters’ secret ...