Project:
In an attempt to find again the magic in an image formed by a lens and to rediscover and give new meaning to the important monuments of the Midi, the Camargo Camera became the tool for re-inventing photography. This pinhole camera, made from an empty 5 x 7 film box, tape, brass foil, and a clay tile (the latter used for weight and stability as the first camera became airborne) has an approximate focal length of 2 3/8 inches and an aperture of possible and approximately f/225. Therefore exposures are long (8 seconds minimum, depending on film speed and light) and the image gradually deforms on the extremities of the optical circle. For the prints, the intention is to make enlarged silver prints and also digigraphs (computer generated IRIS prints on rag-paper) combining the pinhole picture with a "footprint" of the original monument. |