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The Guardian - UK
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Disposable camera: the Trashcam photography project – in pictures

Trashcam: Werner Bunning takes a Trascham picture
Werner Bünning takes a Trashcam picture
Werner Bünning takes a picture with a 1,100 litre bin transformed into a pinhole camera and raised on to a public barbecue to get a better angle on his chosen composition
Photograph: Mirko Derpmann
Trashcam: Katharinenfleet Hamburg
Katharinenfleet Hamburg
The Katharinenfleet in Hamburg photographed with a pinhole camera bin by Werner Bünning
Photograph: Werner Bünning, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
Trashcam: Dom Hamburg
Dom Hamburg
The fun fair 'Dom' in Hamburg photographed by binman Bernd Leguttky with 10 minutes exposure time on a metre-wide sheet of photographic paper
Photograph: Bernd Leguttky, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
Trashcam: Hamburg Marco Polo Tower
Hamburg Marco Polo Tower
The Marco Polo Tower photographed by Michael Pfohlmann with 10 minutes exposure time
Photograph: Michael Pfohlmann, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
Trashcam: Fleetschloss Hamburg
Fleetschloss Hamburg
The Fleetschloss in Hamburg photographed with a pinhole bin over a 45-minute exposure by Hans-Dieter Braatz
Photograph: Hans-Dieter Braatz, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
Trashcam: Hamburg-Harburg Harbour
Hamburg-Harburg Harbour
This is the harbour of Harburg, part of Hamburg. A reflection in the foreground or a light leak has caused the foggy effect. Taken by binmen Peter Hermann Schammer and Kai Erik Haake with a pinhole bin over a 15-minute exposure
Photograph: Christoph Blaschke, Mirko Derpmann, Peter Hermann Schammer and Kai Erik Haake
Trashcam: Kirche Altenwerder
Kirche Altenwerder
The old church in Hamburg Altenwerder photographed by Hans-Peter Strahl on a metre-wide piece of photographic paper with 45 minutes exposure time
Photograph: Hans-Peter Strahl, Christoph Blaschke and Mirko Derpmann
Trashcam: Binman Hans-Peter Strahl taking a picture of a church in Hamburg
Hans-Peter Strahl taking a picture of the church in Hamburg Altenwerder with his pinhole camera bin
This was taken at 7am, when Strahl had already been up and working for a few hours
Photograph: Mirko Derpmann
Trashcam: Taking a trashcam picture
Taking a Trashcam picture
Dustman Roland Wilhelm with Christoph Blaschke, who assisted on the project, checking the light to calculate the required exposure time. In bright sunshine, the metre-wide sheet of photographic paper needs at least five to six minutes to be properly exposed
Photograph: Mirko Derpmann
Trashcam: Berlin Cathedral seen by a dumpster
Berlin Cathedral
This was the test shot for the Trashcam project, taken in Berlin. It was a four-minute exposure taken on four sheets of Rollei Vintage paper glued together to get the giant format
Photograph: Trashcam
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