I am the coordinator of the Bellevue Art Museum Fair Kidsfair in Bellevue WA. This fair is a long time tradition and is always well represented by the photographic world (some pinhole, not as much as I would like). I would like to include in the kids area a camera obscura (pinhole) area. The cameras would be built by kids of all ages, so they need to be as basic as possible. I can't eat enough oatmeal to furnish them all with oatmeal cans and can only gather so many toilet paper rolls. Last year we serviced about 300 kids. Does anyone have any ideas? It needs to be cheap, easy and fairly quick (15-30 minutes. I have volunteers to start some of the projects if need be.)
p.s. I had 65 students outside on WWPD this year using the cameras they built in class the week before. The paper negatives turned out great and the kids really learned a lot about light and photography. Jason Moodie Sammamish High School Visual Arts Department 100 140th Ave SE Bellevue WA 98005 (425)456-7659
