The magic of the great camera obscura.

Sunset | February 1, 1997| | Copyright

At Lands End, a chance to see the world anew

It sits at San Francisco's northwestern edge, where Lands End splinters into the Pacific. "Giant Camera," the sign reads. The building does indeed take the form of a box camera your grandmother might have used. It is painted a pale, Necco-wafer yellow.

Someone has tacked up fliers near the entrance: "Dramatic Re-Creation of Leonardo da Vinci's Original Camera Obscura! Well worth a buck!" You pay your buck, you walk inside. So absolute is the darkness, you feel you have stepped into your own coffin. This feeling does ...

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