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 (San Francisco, California), at the Cliff House, San Francisco
- Camera Obscura (Edinburgh), on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
- Grand Union Camera Obscura, on Douglas Head on the Isle of Man
Camera Obscura may also refer to:
Film
- Camera Obscura (1921 film), silent German film
- Camera Obscura (1997 film), short film by Stefano Arduino
- Camera Obscura (2000 film), by Hamlet Sarkissian
- Camera Obscura (2010 film), starring Jack Klugman
- Camera Obscura (2015 film), Egyptian short film
- Camera Obscura (2017 film), American horror film directed by Aaron B. Koontz
- "Camera Obscura", a 1971 episode of Night Gallery
Literature and publications
- Camera Obscura, novel by Nicolaas Beets (1839)
- Camera Obscura, one of the translated titles of the Laughter in the Dark novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1932)
- "Camera Obscura", short story by Basil Copper that was made into a segment of Night Gallery (1969-1973)
- Camera Obscura (novel), Doctor Who novel by Lloyd Rose (2002)
- Camera obscura (novel), novel by Nejc Gazvoda (2006)
- Camera Obscura, novel by Lavie Tidhar (2011)
- Camera Obscura (journal), a feminism, culture and media studies journal
Music
- Camera Obscura (album) by Nico
- Camera Obscura (band), indie pop band from Glasgow
- Camera Obscura (electronic 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
Video gaming
- Camera Obscura (Fatal Frame), the name of a camera used to exorcise spirits by taking pictures, in the game Fatal Frame