Observed arrival · 2026-11-04
Atsuhito Otake’s spherical photographs
Artist Atsuhito Otake explains a camera-less photographic process and presents a dated archive of works, exhibitions, and collection records.
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- Readers of contemporary photography and camera-less image-making
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- The site specifies a 40–50 cm glass sphere, an approximately 0.6 mm pinhole, and exposures lasting from minutes to days.
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The page documents a camera built from a 40–50 cm glass sphere coated inside with photographic emulsion; a roughly 0.6 mm pinhole admits light, with exposures lasting from tens of minutes to several days. It organizes works across spherical photography, camera obscura, three-dimensional pinhole photographs, stainless-steel photographs, and drawings, and cites collections including the Art Institute of Chicago and Fuchu Art Museum. The message section is explicitly marked as a draft.
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