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Convert a Truck Into a Camera

Person standing beside a white delivery truck. We've featured unusual pinhole cameras before, but nothing at this grandiose scale.

Presenting the world's largest mobile pinhole camera, the Cameratruck, creation of photographer Shaun Irving. The Cameratruck can take pictures approximately 3,000 times the size of a 35mm!

The truck was first bought from ebay and then outfitted with military surplus lenses and a cardboard box shutter.

Via the Cameratruck site:

A hand holding a light source aimed at a transparent object in a dark setting. "The Cameratruck is the simplest of cameras: a light-tight box with a lens on one side.

To take a photo, I actually stand inside the vehicle, fumbling in the dark.

The process is long; it takes me about half an hour to set up a shot, take some test prints, and make my final exposure.

It give me time to become intimately familiar with my subject matter... picking up details I would otherwise miss. Even then, a few surprises always pop in the finished prints."

More on Irving's process in the video below. Scroll further down to see the finished prints.

A black and white photo of a dense, leafless forest.

Black and white landscape photograph featuring a winding road through rocky terrain.

Panoramic view of a historic city with a hilltop castle in the background.

Historical ruins landscape in black and white.

Historic black and white photograph of a stone building and surrounding area.

A shadowy forest with tall trees and scattered sunlight.

Wind turbines on a misty landscape.

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