Behold the world’s largest seamless print photograph. Entitled the "Great Picture,"
this colossal Guinness World Record-holding image measures 107 feet in
width and 31 feet tall, for a grand total of 3,375 square-feet. The Great Picture was created in 2006 by by artists Jerry Burchfield, Mark Chamberlain, Jacques Garnier,
Rob Johnson, Douglas McCulloh, Clayton Spada, and hundreds of volunteers by converting an abandoned airplane
hangar into the world's largest pinhole camera.
The Great Picture is currently on exhibit in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia through November 2014. Visit Twisted Sifter for additional images and to learn more about the incredible process that created this massive photo.
The Great Picture is currently on exhibit in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia through November 2014. Visit Twisted Sifter for additional images and to learn more about the incredible process that created this massive photo.
"They transformed an abandoned F/A-18 fighter jet hangar into a gigantic pinhole camera by darkening and sealing the interior from outside light. A pinhole, just under a quarter-inch in diameter (0.635 cm) was centered between the metal hangar doors to serve as the camera’s aperture."
"The hangar-turned-camera recorded a panoramic image of what was on the other side of the door using the centuries-old principle of “camera obscura” or pinhole camera. An image of the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station with the San Joaquin Hills in the background, appeared upside down and flipped left to right on film after being projected through the tiny hole in the hangar’s metal door.”
Photograph by the Smithsonian Institution
Photograph by Douglas McCulloh
Photograph by Dane Penland
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