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Upside Down London - A Camera Obscura at Alexandra Palace

Award-winning community arts organisation Pinhole London has today launched a walk-in camera obscura at Alexandra Palace — a room that magically turns the best view in London upside down.

Visitors that step inside this immersive camera obscura will see a glistening panorama of London’s most iconic landmarks — including the Shard, the BT Tower and the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf — appear before them, upside down. Outside, people in Alexandra Palace Park will move about in real time — also upside down.

A camera obscura experience is an immersive journey into the origins of film and photography. By capturing an upside-down image of London on their phone, visitors can save and share a piece of photographic history.

For nine days in August, the camera obscura will be open to the public on the viewing terrace of Alexandra Palace — everyone is welcome to come and have their world tipped upside down.