INSTANT BOX CAMERA # 01
is a camera and darkroom in one. There is a lens in the front and a moveable sanded glass plate on the inside of the camera that acts as the focus. The Instant Box Camera is a paper camera, although you can expose negative sheet film or other light-sensitive surfaces as well. Inside the box are trays for chemicals that allow you to develop and fix the taken photograph on the spot. All the materials are easily available. You do not have to depend on any specific manufacturer. Taking images with readily available darkroom paper and chemicals is much cheaper than any other instant camera film out there.
is a camera and darkroom in one. There is a lens in the front and a moveable sanded glass plate on the inside of the camera that acts as the focus. The Instant Box Camera is a paper camera, although you can expose negative sheet film or other light-sensitive surfaces as well. Inside the box are trays for chemicals that allow you to develop and fix the taken photograph on the spot. All the materials are easily available. You do not have to depend on any specific manufacturer. Taking images with readily available darkroom paper and chemicals is much cheaper than any other instant camera film out there.
03 - 08 JULI 2023 .
locatie: ZONHOVEN Belgium
camera: Instant Box Camera model 1
lens: F4.5/135mm ANASTIGMAT ORTAGOZ
film: Fomapaper
100% Fun
alle opnames : manueel
locatie: ZONHOVEN Belgium
camera: Instant Box Camera model 1
lens: F4.5/135mm ANASTIGMAT ORTAGOZ
film: Fomapaper
100% Fun
alle opnames : manueel
Het verhaal achter dit soort camera's:
My name is Lukas Birk. I am a photographer, researcher and photo-book publisher. Box cameras have been a passion of mine for 15 years. I love the simplicity yet flexibility of the camera. So many techniques and photographic manipulations are possible and I am constantly discovering new methods and ways of using it from the practitioners out there.
The Instant Box Camera is the accumulation of years of research and experimentation with box cameras. I have built many different models and published books and instructions on the subject. My first contact was in Afghanistan in 2006, where I had photographs taken by a working box camera photographer in Mazar-e-Sharif. In 2011, I co-created the Afghan Box Camera Project with Sean Foley, coining the term Afghan Box Camera. In Afghanistan, the camera has several names, including kamera-e-faoree (instant camera). This project ventured to Pakistan (Photo Peshawar) and Sean continued in India (Indian Minute Camera).
My name is Lukas Birk. I am a photographer, researcher and photo-book publisher. Box cameras have been a passion of mine for 15 years. I love the simplicity yet flexibility of the camera. So many techniques and photographic manipulations are possible and I am constantly discovering new methods and ways of using it from the practitioners out there.
The Instant Box Camera is the accumulation of years of research and experimentation with box cameras. I have built many different models and published books and instructions on the subject. My first contact was in Afghanistan in 2006, where I had photographs taken by a working box camera photographer in Mazar-e-Sharif. In 2011, I co-created the Afghan Box Camera Project with Sean Foley, coining the term Afghan Box Camera. In Afghanistan, the camera has several names, including kamera-e-faoree (instant camera). This project ventured to Pakistan (Photo Peshawar) and Sean continued in India (Indian Minute Camera).
INSTANT BOX CAMERA
F 11 - 1.5 sec
INSTANT BOX CAMERA
F 11 - 1.5 seconden
INSTANT BOX CAMERA
F 27 - 30 seconden
INSTANT BOX CAMERA
F 27 - 30 seconden
INSTANT BOX CAMERA
paper/filmholder
INSTANT BOX CAMERA
Focussing Rod
INSTANT BOX CAMERA
Lens: ANASTIGMAT ORTAGOZ F 4.5 - 135 mm
Russian copy of DALLMEYER RAPID RECTILINEAR
Russian copy of DALLMEYER RAPID RECTILINEAR
In 2019, I started a community project called BOX CAMERA NOW, featuring photographers who use these types of cameras around the world. I also released a book that showcases 40 of these photographers. In the last two years I have focused on research in Turkey, where box cameras were widely in use until the 1970s. A book on the subject is currently in the making.
Over the years, I have created a lot of different models and formats of box cameras. The Instant Box Camera condenses and simplifies the different cameras I have come across from Turkey to Afghanistan and others, and I have built it to address our own needs.
The aim was to create an affordable, functional, lightweight yet sturdy camera that suits both amateurs and professionals, students and professors, mobile and studio photographers.
Over the years, I have created a lot of different models and formats of box cameras. The Instant Box Camera condenses and simplifies the different cameras I have come across from Turkey to Afghanistan and others, and I have built it to address our own needs.
The aim was to create an affordable, functional, lightweight yet sturdy camera that suits both amateurs and professionals, students and professors, mobile and studio photographers.
