Re: pinhole negatives without electricity?

[Rodolpho Pajuaba <rodolpho@pajuaba.com.br>]

I don´t know if somebody has already suggested this, but: Dentists used 
to make X-rays and develop them inside a red acrylic box, with a pair of 
holes to enter the hands; I don´t jonw what´s the name of this, neither 
if they are still available. But it´s worth a try with a close dentist 
to see if they can help. With this box one can load the shoebox with 
photographic paper, and spare another to make the development. Perhaps 
they are done in many sizes, or one can even try to order a custom-sized 
one, from those stores that make acrylic doorsigns.
Regards,
Rodolpho Pajuaba

Judy Seigel escreveu:
> A friend of mine who has taught many workshops on pinhole and camera 
> obscura, now contemplates something trickier: teaching in the 
> countryside of South America, in places without electricity.  For the 
> prints she'd use the same precoated cyanotype squares she's used in 
> children's classes all along-- they can be exposed by sunlight and 
> developed in water.
>
> The catch is making the negatives. In the US, even if she's not in a lab 
> or regular photographic setup, it's easy to turn a room, a closet, or 
> other space into a "darkroom," and expose & develop black & white photo 
> paper to make a paper negative by pinhole camera.
> Judy