Kelly Tapia, a student at the University of California, San Diego who posts on TikTok as Starstudio, recently shared an art project that has completely captivated the internet. In a video that has racked up over 10 million views, she reveals what happens when you turn a piece of trash into a functional camera. She had set up a pinhole camera made from a Schweppes can on her windowsill.
The video starts with the can sitting on her window ledge, accompanied by the on-screen text, “Left a can on my window for 30 days.” After retrieving the can, she first takes a moment to show us the view. Then, she retrieves the photographic paper hidden inside the can. Once she scans and inverts the capture, we get to see a perfect, low-detail, black-and-white version of her view. It is a stunning example of a solar graph, and the internet definitely noticed.
