pinhole
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- noun
- /ˈpɪnˌhoʊl/
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- By the 1980s, pinhole images were regaining a strong foothold as an art form.
- pinhole camera
- pinhole photography
- pinhole image
It's more there's a pinhole in the air of the institution.
- It's more there's a pinhole in the air of the institution.
Examples
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It's actual images of the round sun on the sky that are being projected through a pinhole effect onto the ground.
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My brother, 11, set up a pinhole to view the eclipse.
Academic text (1995) -
Build yourself a pinhole camera and discover for yourself just what I mean.
Academic text (2003) -
You can make a pinhole camera out of anything hollow and dark.
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Well, one of the great steps forward in this field was the development of the pinhole camera, the camera obscurer as it is known.
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There was much experimentation and a small rediscovery of the magic of pinhole photography.
Academic text (2003) -
The protective films contain a lower percentage of pinholes and voids.
Academic text (1996) -
Your face, or anything, and depending on how the pinhole eats the light, it's gonna be warped and peculiar and imperfect and odd, and it's not gonna be reproduction, it's storytelling.
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In addition to format, workshops also tend to have themes: nature, landscape, portraiture, pinhole photography, nudes, hand coloring, etc.
Academic text (1999) -
The artist used a pinhole to create a tiny opening for her project.
Synonyms
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A very small sharp pain or a tiny hole made by a pin
How Small
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pinhole comes from the simple parts pin and hole. A pin is a 'small needle' and a hole is an 'opening', so a pinhole means a very small opening, like one that lets light or water through.