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George Eastman House: How to Make a Camera Obscura [Pdf] ActivityGeorge Eastman House: How to Make a Camera Obscura [Pdf] Activity
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George Eastman Museum
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3rd - 8th
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George Eastman House: How to Make a Camera Obscura [Pdf]

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Resource provides history and background information about the camera obscura. There are also easy to follow instructions for you to make your own version of the camera obscura to better understand the history and technology behind photography. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]

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camera obscura, early cameras, history of photography, photography history, pre-cinema, george eastman house: how to make a camera obscura, camera, camera history, make your own camera

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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