The Obscura Photowall

The Obscura Photowall is a Socially engaged project, inviting festival goers to create their own self portraits using an old analogue plate camera.

See the Victorian-esc camera and understand more about the historic process from The Obscura Team – you can even use your phone to invert the negative images displayed on the wall.

The project, developed by The Obscura Collective, aims to facilitate a ‘self-document’ of this year’s Festival participants, where the images will be developed on site for a live exhibition and an online archive. The Auto-Portrait process flips photography on its head, using a shutter release cable to give participants power over exactly how their portraits are created.

About Obscura Collective

Obscura Collective is an artist collective based in the North of England, aiming to keep film and analogue processes alive. Established in 2015, Obscura Darkroom moved towards an artist collective in 2024 to focus more on project-based work. This is their 3rd year working with the National Festival of Making, and their first year running the Obscura Photowall!

The Obscura Photowall

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The National Festival Of Making Delivery Team

National Festival of Making is supported by the Arts Council England, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Brian Mercer Trust and Foundations and Partners. This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.