14 Comments

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   Julia on October 3, 2005 at 8:53 PM

   Wow! This is just about the coolest thing I have ever heard of! I’ll bet for a photographer like yourself, it was pure bliss. 🙂

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   Pamela on October 3, 2005 at 11:43 PM

   What lovely, graceful and lyrical photographs! I wonder if the Cliff House is the same place I remember having an elegant dinner at years and years ago–is there a restaurant attached. I remember the earthy, wet-sea smell of the restaurant (if it is the same place I recall), and the almost mystical feeling I had when I was there.
   I don’t remember this camera obscura … Now seems like a good time to tell you how vivid I find the content of your photography to be–always evocative, always pulsing with meaning, thank you.

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   Marie on October 4, 2005 at 12:59 AM

   Very cool! If you’re interested in camera obscura, you might be interested in the work of Doug Spowart and Victoria Cooper, two Australian photographers who have turned their van into a camera obscura and driven it all over Australia. Basically the image comes in via the windshield and is projected into the back of the van where it’s photographed (that simplifies it somewhat – they’ve obviously customised the van for this purpose!).
   Their website is located at http://www.home.aone.net.au/greatdivide/

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   Leonie on October 4, 2005 at 1:36 AM

   dang,
   that is
   science
   and
   magic
   all fused together to co-star with mother earth
   in a deliriously good show!
   thank u for sharing!

5. 

   Marilyn on October 4, 2005 at 3:18 AM

   Reading this, all I could think was: how have I never noticed this when I’ve been at Ocean Beach??

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   Sonia on October 4, 2005 at 3:34 AM

   Hi Andrea, now I have a Blog: “Leaves of Grass”. I would like you make me a visit! Regards, Sonia, from S?o Paulo, Brazil.
   http://leavesgrass.blogspot.com/

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   AGK on October 4, 2005 at 4:59 AM

   So very cool! All the cool places are always somewhere else!

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   Carrie on October 4, 2005 at 7:33 AM

   Wow – that sounds way cool!

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   LB on October 4, 2005 at 2:14 PM

   You always make me jealous of people who live in Northern California! I love So. Cal. but it’s so different and fascinating and seemingly magical up there.

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    G-Man on October 4, 2005 at 6:05 PM

    Very cool! I’m looking fwd to the rest of the series!

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    carla on October 5, 2005 at 3:23 AM

    Ciao!
    Maybe you shuold visit http://www.abelardomorell.net/camera_obscura1.html
    I love his work!
    And yours too.

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    Stephanie on October 5, 2005 at 11:50 AM

    Andrea,
    I love this. The Camera Obscura is one of my favorite places in SF. I have taken my photo classes there on field trips. So glad they saved it when they renovated the Cliff House. Your very dreamy photographs of the “bowl” are stunning. There is something great about the low tech of the pinhole image then being rephotographed with digital. Full circle- love it!
    To see more unusual pinhole cameras (including several made out of vans and VW buses!) check out this local artist, Jo Babcock: http://www.jobabcock.com/directory.htm
    Stephanie

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    The Random Complimenter on October 5, 2005 at 4:59 PM

    Andrea is a goddess,
    oh
    Andrea is a goddess,
    ho ho ho
    YES! Goddess!
    A song in your honour!

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    Terri on October 8, 2005 at 12:40 PM

    I love Cliff House – But I love San Francisco and anything in it – Palace of Fine Arts is my favorite – Thank you Andrea for posting these!