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Inspirational Obscura: Torre de Tavira / Torre Tavira

In our search for camera obscura around the world we’re often told of one in Portugal and having found it we then discovered it shares a name with another one in Spain. The Torre de Tavira is a converted water tower on the Algarve while the Torre Tavira is in an 18th century watchtower in Cadiz. Not only do they share the same name and a sort-of similar language but they actually face each other over the Gulf of Cadiz, as seen on our Map Of Obscura

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So we’ve sifted through the collective search engine results and here’s what we’ve found.

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Inspirational Obscura: London Photographers’ Gallery

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The Photographers’ Gallery in London has a camera obscura and it's a little different from the norm.

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Inspirational Obscura: Isles of Scilly

In July I was lucky enough to go to the Isles of Scilly, something I can highly recommend, and was delighted to hear they had a camera obscura on the main island of St Mary’s. It’s currently not listed on maps but you’ll find it at these co-ordinates. From the south beach at Hugh Town, look for this sign.

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Inspirational Obscura: Greenport, Long Island

While searching for something else (as is always the way) I came across this rather delightfully designed camera obscura in Long Island.

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David Hockney’s Secret Knowledge

Talk to people about the Camera Obscura, as we do all the time these days, and chances are they’ll mention the theory that Renaissance painters such as Caravaggio used such things to bring realism to their work, so we thought it worth featuring on the blog.

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The Decagonal Pyramid Obscura of Ingestre House

Another Camera Obscura in the West Midlands! Once you start scratching the surface they're everywhere!

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This beauty was built by Aaron Chetwynd Architects as part of the Ingestre Follies heritage trail at Ingestre Hall near Stafford. The architect's photos are from 2010 and it popped up in my Instagram feed today so it's definitely still there.

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Inspirational Obscurae: Chris Drury's Hut of the Shadows

As we discovered last year, once you start looking for Camera Obscuras you find them everywhere. We're going to start collecting notable ones on this blog.

The Hut of the Shadows is a nice one to start with because it's not in the traditional style. If anything it's in the prehistoric style and looks like a sacred pagan site.

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