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The Roman Theatre Museum Cartagena, managed by the foundation formed by the Community, the City and Cajamurcia Foundation, inaugurated on Tuesday, at 20:00, the traveling exhibition 'A look at the past.
Pinhole Photography 1850 '.
The exhibition features 30 photographs taken around to different personalities in the region with a pinhole camera, without the use of lenses or objectives.
The result of this project, conceived by Damien Lajara and performed alongside Juan Bautista Garcia Esteve, will be open until February 16.
The general director of Cultural Heritage and member of the board of the Foundation, Maria Comas, said that "over the past year, the Roman Theatre Museum increased by more than 11 percent the number of visitors, some good data that are the result of great job done by the team of the space in which the conservation of the monument and its collections with temporary exhibitions that contribute to the cultural supplement "combined.
Through the exhibition 'Looking Back', visitors will come to pinhole photography, created by David Brewster in 1850 pinhole cameras are usually handmade, are constructed with cardboard boxes, cans, matchboxes, boats or any other appliance in which they can shut out the light.
Basically it consists of a dark chamber with a small hole (pinhole) by which light is admitted, which impinge on paper or photographic film.
This exhibition intends to return for a moment to a 'long forgotten' to recall that a century and a half ago thousands of people without large financial resources had the opportunity to have the memory of their loved ones.
Through this traditional technique, and Garcia Esteve Lajara they have wanted to offer a different view of the relevant persons Murcia.
As a parallel to this new exhibition of Cartagena Roman Theatre Museum activity, February 9, at 19:00, the conference will take place 'The Forgotten image', given by Juan Bautista Garcia Esteve, author of the images exposed and President of the Association of Estenopica Photography of Murcia.
Subsequently, a guided tour of the exhibition will be held.
The photographic exhibition will be in Cartagena museum until next February 16 at the following times: Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 hours;
and Sunday, DE10: 00 to 14:00.
Monday closed room.
Source: CARM
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