A post by Ottilie.

Boston’s Old Customs House in Hotel Room I, 1999

These photographs of Abelardo Morell’s are the most breathtaking that I’ve seen from the inside of a room-turned-camera obscura. Being inside a camera obscura is amazing in itself, the blacked-out room is lit from just a peephole to the outside and an entire landscape is projected on the opposite wall, but in Morell’s photographs, the image becomes flush with the room. The cliche landmarks are projected voyeuristically into rooms of various states of decor, repair, and wealth. The effect is eerie. At first, I saw the projections as wallpaper; the forest scenes are especially reminiscent of early 70’s decor. But then, when you realize how he’s captured the images, there’s the inevitable realization that the view projected is the view from the window. It’s the outside on the inside, but it’s all upside down, and fantastic.

Check out more of his work here

Grand Canal Looking West Toward the Accademia Bridge in Palazzo Room Under Construction, 2007

Times Square in Hotel Room, 1997

Upright Image of the Coliseum inside Room # 23 at the Hotel Gladiatori, Rome, 2008

Santa Maria della Salute with Scaffolding in Palazzo Bedroom , 2007

The Empire State Building in Bedroom, 1994

Castle Courtyard in Bedroom, 1999

View of Central Park Looking North-Summer, 2008

View of Florence Looking Northwest Inside Bedroom. Italy, 2009

Chianti Landscape Inside Room With Roberto Barni Art Works. Italy, 2009