Book ReviewTrinityUsing a custom-built camera obscura, Oliver Raymond Barker communes with the elements to build an alchemical portrait of Scotland’s Rosneath Peninsula, excavating its many histories in the process.Read More
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Trinity
Using a custom-built camera obscura, Oliver Raymond Barker communes with the elements to build an alchemical portrait of Scotland’s Rosneath Peninsula, excavating its many histories in the process.
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