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The Mobile Pinhole Project

Engaging LA youth in hands-on photography workshops using the VanCam, an van retrofitted into a giant pinhole camera.

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The Mobile Pinhole Project

The Mobile Pinhole Project

The Mobile Pinhole Project

The Mobile Pinhole Project

The Mobile Pinhole Project

Engaging LA youth in hands-on photography workshops using the VanCam, an van retrofitted into a giant pinhole camera.

Engaging LA youth in hands-on photography workshops using the VanCam, an van retrofitted into a giant pinhole camera.

Engaging LA youth in hands-on photography workshops using the VanCam, an van retrofitted into a giant pinhole camera.

Engaging LA youth in hands-on photography workshops using the VanCam, an van retrofitted into a giant pinhole camera.

Nina Becker
Nina Becker
Nina Becker
Nina Becker
1 Campaign |
Los Angeles, United States
$1,111 USD 25 backers
11% of $10,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Our Story

Founded by photographer Nina T. Becker, The Mobile Pinhole Project brings innovative, experiential photography workshops to youth across the city of Los Angeles using the VanCam, a van retrofitted into a giant pinhole camera.  What began as a sketch of a pinhole camera on a napkin has evolved into a dynamic mobile arts organization with dedicated, all-volunteer staff. We are about to begin our first series of workshops, and we are asking you - friends, family, and supporters of the arts - for your help!

Our Goal: Raise $10,000 by 10/1/2011

We are using IndyGoGo, an online, crowd-based fundraising platform to generate funding. Any amount we raise, whether it's more or less than our goal, will go towards the Mobile Pinhole Project's operating costs. Thanks to our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, all donations are tax-deductible*.

Our Mission

Using a giant camera on wheels, the Mobile Pinhole Project makes visual arts geographically and technologically accessible by allowing youth in neighborhoods across Los Angeles inside the mechanism of photography to empower a collective visual exploration of identity, culture, and place.

The Impact

Did you know?

  • Funding for arts education projects in the state of California schools has been cut by 48% (Statewide survey)
  • 29% of California's public schools offer no study in any arts discipline (from Inner City Arts)

  • Los Angeles alone has lost 1/4 of its full-time elementary art teachers in the past three years, reduced from 335 to 250 (LA Times)

The Mobile Pinhole Project brings high quality arts education to young people throughout Los Angeles, encouraging self-expression, critical thinking skills, technical ability, and community building. Young people will not only understand the technical mechanism of photography, but gain fundamental skills in working together to represent the world around them.

What We Need & What You Get

OPERATIONS
- VanCam maintenance (insurance, AAA, repairs)
- Web design and hosting
- Organization computer
- Public relations materials
- Office space
- Staff stipend

WORKSHOPS
- Snacks for kids
- Art supplies
- Photo paper
- Photo processing costs
- Instant printer
- Gas

The Mobile Pinhole Project operates on a shoestring budget, meaning the more funds we have available, the broader our program can reach. Your tax-deductible contribution, no matter how much, helps make the Mobile Pinhole Project possible. We are grateful to have already received donations from local LA businesses, as well as a start-up grant from the Irene Wolt Trust. We continue to pursue grant-based funding, as well as in kind donations. but we need your help for the project to continue.

We hope that YOU, the MPP community, can contribute $10,000 to our first year of programing. In return, we are offering some amazing, limited-edition rewards. See the menu to the right.

Other Ways You Can Help

  • Spread the word - share our campaign on email, facebook, twitter, on your blog, at work, at the coffee shop, getting your haircut. If you tell just 10 people about our campaign, our community grows exponentially.

  • Paste the following text into your signature block: A pinhole camera on wheels? Go to http://indiegogo.com/mobilepinholeproject to donate to The Mobile Pinhole Project's IndieGoGo campaign, bringing photo arts to LA youth.

  • Make an in kind donation. Photo paper, gas, art and office supplies, services like vehicle maintenance and photo processing. Contact mobilepinholeproject@gmail.com for more information.

  • Sign up to volunteer. Contact mobilepinholeproject@gmail.com for more information.


For more information about the Mobile Pinhole Project, go to our website: http://mobilepinholeproject.tumblr.com/


*Donations are tax-deductible, less the value amount of your reward
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Choose your Perk

Drivers Ed.

$10 USD
A limited-edition copy of the VanCam zine. $10 pays for each kid to get a digital print.
1 claimed

Sweet 16

$25 USD
Screen Printed MPP T-shirt - Not another one of those T-shirts you only bring out for house painting and soccer practice -this American Apparel cotton T will make you look awesome and provides VanCam maintenance costs for one workshop. What a steal!
12 out of 150 of claimed

Cinderella License

$60 USD
A 5x7 photo print from an MPP workshop AND all of the above. $60 fills our gas tank.
3 claimed

Speed Racer

$100 USD
Poem customized for you written by published poet Abby Becker. $100 provides web hosting for a year.
5 out of 15 of claimed

Suped Up

$250 USD
Limited-edition 16x20 photo print from an MPP workshop. $250 donates 5 Polaroid cameras and film.
0 claimed

Sponsor a Workshop

$500 USD
Sponsor a Workshop AND a 16x20 print - You can provide for a full-day MPP workshop! Have your name/company name featured on workshop materials, receive public acknowledgement at the event, and get publicized on our social media.
0 claimed

Bumper List

$1,000 USD
Bumper List AND a 16x20 print - Your name/company name hand-painted on the VanCam as it tours the entire city of Los Angeles AND get publicized on our social media.
0 claimed

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