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Walter Hinteler
 
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Hangar hosts world's largest photograph

Associated Press, Irvine, California
Saturday July 15, 2006
The Guardian


What is believed to be the world's largest photo has been successfully - if rather unclearly - taken in a hangar converted into a massive camera at a former marine base in California.
About 30 people arrived this week to watch as the 8.4 metre by 32.4 metre (28ft by 108ft) black-and-white image, above, was captured at Irvine by six photographers from the non-profit organisation the Legacy Project. The photo shows the base's control towers, some palm trees and a portable toilet.
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Photographer Clayton Spada looks at the pinhole camera Tuesday, June 13, 2006, in Irvine, Calif. that is poised to take the world's largest picture. An image of the former El Toro Marine Air Corps Station will appear upside-down and flipped left-to-right on a sheath of light-sensitive fabric after being projected through the tiny hole in the hangar's metal door. The fabric is the length of one-third of a football field and about three stories tall. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)


Source for the above photo/graphics: [1,2]The Guardian, 15.07.06, page 8
[3] Boston Globe
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Sat 15 Jul, 2006 04:56 am
Heard a report on this on NPR (National Public Radio) a few weeks back when it was still in the planning stages. To me, the interesting thing is that the hangar was actually turned into nothing more than a pinhole camera, the kind of "shadow box" that was the earliest of cameras in the early 19th century.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Sat 15 Jul, 2006 05:01 am
Merry Andrew wrote:
To me, the interesting thing is that the hangar was actually turned into nothing more than a pinhole camera, the kind of "shadow box" that was the earliest of cameras in the early 19th century.


Reminded me of the study group for physic classes at school, when we goz thaught lenses etc., and we made the same exeriment .... but muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch smaller :wink:
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