During this workshop, we’ll work with a pinhole camera—a simple yet fascinating camera with no lens. Instead, it uses a tiny hole (the “pinhole”) to let in light and project an upside-down image onto the back of the camera. It’s a surprisingly easy way to explore the basics of how photography works!

We’ll kick things off at the exhibition The Second World War on Museum Square, an initiative of the Amsterdam 4 and 5 May Committee. After a short introduction, we will head out to Foam, taking photographs along the way. Once at Foam, we’ll dive into the powerful exhibition The Underground Camera, before developing our own photos inside a mobile darkroom.

To wrap things up, we’ll hang the photos up to dry and admire everyone’s unique perspective. At the end of the workshop, each child will take home their very own set of spy photos—secret evidence of their pinhole adventure through Amsterdam.