On October 21, 2026 in Cavaillon, discover the camera obscura and the origins of photography with optical toys, pinholes, magnifiers and mirrors as a family.
Médiathèque intercommunale de Cavaillon, 60 Rue Véran Rousset, 84300, Cavaillon
Wednesday 21 October 2026 from 3 pm.
On October 21 in Cavaillon, discover as a family the principle of the camera obscura and the origins of photography during a fun workshop with Laurence, librarian.
With De la camera obscura à la photographie, les familles sont invitées à remonter aux origines de l’image photographique.
The principle of the dark room, or camera obscura, gave birth to the first camera and has made it possible, since Nicéphore Niépce at the beginning of the 19th century, to fix an image on a sensitive surface.
A fun workshop to understand how light, lenses and sensitive surfaces paved the way for photography.
The camera obscura makes it possible to understand how an image can be formed thanks to the passage of light.
Optical toys, pinhole masks, magnifying glasses and mirrors make the principles of the image visible and concrete.
The workshop connects these experiences to the first cameras and to the history of photography.
The workshop proposes to discover how the camera obscura works through accessible and fun manipulations.
Optical toys, pinhole masks, magnifiers and mirrors allow you to concretely observe the formation of images and the effects of light.
The experiment also continues in full size with a pinhole tent, to physically enter the principle of the dark room.
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Opening times and periods
Wednesday 21 October 2026 from 3 pm.
Price(s)
Free of charge.
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