Obscura Legacies
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Obscura Legacies is a not-for-profit project dedicated to celebrating, documenting, and mapping Camera Obscuras across the UK - past and present, permanent and temporary, fixed and mobile. Inspired by the work of Cornwall-based enthusiast Derek Swindley.
** Isle of Man Camera Obscura at Douglas Head opens for summer, Sat 1-4pm and Sun/BH 11-4pm. Subject to weather See www.iomvictoriansociety.org/.../camera-o... Find out more about this & other camera obscuras at www.obscuralegacies.org @fotonow.bsky.social @isleofmantoday.bsky.social
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📸 Obscura Legacies Project Update May 2026 📚️! The launch at Fotonow's gallery in Plymouth, celebrated first book, 'Derek Swindley and his Camera Obscuras'. 📚️ Support our crowdfunder and receive a copy of the first book. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/obscura-le.... @fotonow.bsky.social
Obscura Legacies is dedicated to celebrating, documenting, and mapping Camera Obscuras across the UK - past and present, permanent and temporary, fixed and mobile. Help us to support these histories and receive our first publication as a reward 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/obscura-le...
Obscura Legacies
Celebrate Camera Obscuras as they are now, research & record their fascinating past; including enthusiast Derek Swindley’s ingenious impact.
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📍Have you ever experienced a camera obscura? Alice from Clifton Observatory shares her insights into maintaining this rare piece of working heritage. A hidden piece of Bristol magic ✨ #CameraObscura #ObscuraLegacies #Bristol www.obscuralegacies.org/journal/an-i...
High above the Avon Gorge in Bristol, the Clifton Observatory stands as both a monument to 18th‑century ingenuity and a working portal into the optical past. Obscura Legacies sat down with Alice Hammond, one of the keepers of the site’s celebrated Camera Obscura, to talk about daily life inside one of the few working examples left in Britain.
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We were delighted to welcome friends, artists, researchers and curious visitors to Fotonow’s gallery in Plymouth to celebrate the launch of Obscura Legacies, marking the project start & the publication of our first book, Derek Swindley and his Camera Obscuras by Lesley Flowers. tinyurl.com/2rebrbxt
What an incredible launch! 🌟 We're still buzzing from the launch of 'Obscura Legacies' and our first zine, 'Derek Swindley and his Camera Obscuras' @fotonow.bsky.social Take the next step with us and support the Obscura Legacies Crowdfunder www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/obscura-le...! #cameraobscura
Obscura Legacies - Zine Launch & Exhibition Join for the launch of the ‘Obscura Legacies’ project & publication of the first book/zine, ‘Derek Swindley and his Camera Obscuras’ by Fotonow CIC. 🗓 Preview 27 Feb, 5-7pm 🗓 Exhibition 28 Feb, 10-4pm 📍 107 Cornwall Street, Plymouth @fotonow.bsky.social
Very excited to launch the Obscura Legacies Project 😊 Join us for the Pop-up launch event 28 Feb, 10-4pm at Fotonow! www.obscuralegacies.org/journal/obsc... Support our crowdfunder! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/obscura-le... Tell us about your Camera Obscura! @fotonow.bsky.social
