Pinhole Photography + Film Development Workshop
TOSCA is a handmade camera, built from everyday materials: customisable, reusable, unpredictable, organic, human… It uses medium format (120) film and can be reused and customised. Like all pinhole cameras, TOSCA has a tiny hole instead of a lens, which is what projects the photographic image.
In this workshop, participants build and customise their own TOSCA and explore its technical and expressive qualities. The experience is also an encouragement to explore the creative side of building handmade cameras, shaping their characteristics to achieve the look you want.
To make the whole process of using TOSCA and similar cameras more independent, affordable and personal, the workshop also includes an optional black-and-white film development module, in which participants learn every step needed to develop their own films at home.
TOSCA
Workshop outline
Session 1: Building the TOSCA
Introduction to the concept of the camera obscura and pinhole photography
Fundamentals of photographic cameras
Viewing and analysis of examples of pinhole cameras and photographs throughout history
Building the TOSCA
Introduction to black-and-white film
Basic instructions for using the TOSCA
Session 2: Developing the rolls
Introduction to the fundamentals of black-and-white film
Introduction to the development procedure
Practice loading film onto reels and into developing tanks, using spoiled film
Diluting the chemicals
Developing the rolls
Analysing the results
Learning objectives
Build your own functional, one-of-a-kind pinhole camera.
Understand the basic principles behind lensless photography.
Experience the photographic process in a hands-on, creative way.
Learn to develop black-and-white film at home.
Gain the autonomy to keep exploring this practice after the workshop.
Learning objectives
Build your own functional, one-of-a-kind pinhole camera.
Understand the basic principles behind lensless photography.
Experience the photographic process in a hands-on, creative way.
Learn to develop black-and-white film at home.
Gain the autonomy to keep exploring this practice after the workshop.
Requirements
No previous knowledge is needed.
What’s included
All materials needed to build the TOSCA, and one roll of black-and-white 120 film
A digital document prepared by the instructors covering the topics explored in the workshop
All materials needed to develop the film (chemicals, tanks, etc.), archival sleeves and scanning of the rolls (Session 2 only)
Próximos workshops
2026
Alternative Dreams - módulo 2
24 e 31 de outubro
Jardim Azul
12 de setembro
10 e 17 de outubro
Alternative Dreams - módulo 1
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