Sobre la Cámara Oscura – On the Camera Obscura

Montserrat de Pablo

Proceeding from her doctoral thesis on the history of the camera obscura, Montserrat de Pablo presents in this exhibition the results of a research project that she carried out at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin from 2013 to 2016.
The show offers an overview of the development of the camera obscura (pin-hole camera), from the earliest examples up to the invention of photography. Also on view is a selection of photographs and drawings, indoor and outdoor views, variations on a theme as well as photographic portraits of MPIWG staff that Montserrat de Pablo took with a camera obscura prototype designed for the Institute by Berlin-based artist Carsten Wirth.
Montserrat de Pablo works in Madrid, Cuenca and Berlin. After her fine arts studies at the Complutense University in Madrid, she did her doctoral work at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, where she is currently a photography instructor.