At the end of the 17th century a French writer -as a forerunner of Julius Verne- published his Utopian vision that if latent image of camera obscura was shown on a paper covered with some gluey material the image might stick on it.
The idea does not sound bad though it has not been realized yet.
There have been some other things to be seen. For example in this exhibition.
An old technique in Hungary and abroad – PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY
Exhibition selects from the competition material of the 12th Biennal in Esztergom and from the works by Edward Levinson (Japan)
23. February 2001. – 01. April
MegnyitóOpening: February 23, 2001, 4:00 pm