// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did camera obscura say? "I'm a little dark.

A camera obscura (Latin for dark chamber) is a device for projecting an image on a screen, using either a lens or pinhole.

The term may refer to specific large-scale camera obscuras:

Camera Obscura may also refer to:

Film

Camera Obscura, an 1839 novel by Nicolaas Beets
Laughter in the Dark (novel), a 1932 novel by Vladimir Nabokov, originally titled, and sometimes translated as, Camera Obscura
"Camera Obscura", a short story by Basil Copper that was adapted as a 1971 episode of Night Gallery
Camera Obscura (Rose novel), a 2002 Doctor Who novel by Lloyd Rose
Camera obscura (Gazvoda novel), a 2006 novel by Nejc Gazvoda
Camera Obscura, a 2011 novel by Lavie Tidhar
Camera Obscura, a 1969 short play by Robert Patrick
Camera Obscura (journal), a feminism, culture and media studies journal

Camera Obscura (album) by Nico
Camera Obscura (band), indie pop band from Glasgow
Camera Obscura (duo), British synth pop band, who had a minor hit in 1983 with the Destitution EP
Camera Obscura (record label), Australian independent label specializing in psychedelic styles
"Camera Obscura", the 9th track in Enigma's 2000 album The Screen Behind the Mirror

Camera Obscura (Fatal Frame), the name of a camera used to exorcise spirits by taking pictures, in the Fatal Frame series