Upside Down London — a camera obscura at Alexandra Palace by PINHOLE LONDON

The Upside Down London Camera Obscura was open to public in August 2026 on the South Terrace at Alexandra Palace. It was then used for a creative arts health project and is now inside the East Court at Alexandra Palace covered with photographs from that project.  Visit the exhibition 4 -17th November 2026.

Pinhole London built a pop-up camera obscura at Alexandra Palace. It was open to the public from 1-9 August 2026, and then used for creative health projects.   The camera obscura is now inside the East Court covered with photographs from the project.

Obscura legacies visited Upside Down London in August and met Ben from Pinhole London. Fantastic to see the images of London through the pinhole and then through the camera obscura.  Lovely to hear about the community work that Pinhole London will be undertaking with the Camera Obscura over the months following the public opening.

The project was funded by Arts Council England and evaluated by Breathe Arts Health Research; it seeks to build vital evidence for sensory and arts-based approaches to wellbeing.  Pinhole London partnered with disability groups across Haringey as part of a creative health programme.

Obscura Legacies returned in November 2026 to learn about the creative arts project and to view the amazing photographs that had been taken during this project. The camera obscura is now inside the East Court.  It is covered with some of the photographs from the project. Obscura legacies visited the exhibition meeting Bob who built the camera obscura and joined the launch event for the photography show on 11 November 2026.  

I was delighted to be gifted a copy of the publication "Upside Down London A Camera Obscura at Alexandra Palace".  This documents the project showing the fabulous images views that participants experienced using the camera obscura - available from Pinhole London's shop.