You don’t always need a lens to see a picture, you can use a pinhole camera instead. A pinhole camera uses a small hole that allows light to pass through to allow your eye to see an image. This was ...
[ChickenCrimpy] adds the most basic of 35 mm cartridge to create what he calls the Minimum Viable Camera. It’s a half-frame 35 mm pinhole film camera with the simplest possible construction.