220. Douglas MacArthur: "Mighty Mo" Camera
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MacArthur's history with the USS Battleship Missouri is historical to WWII.
The Telephot Vega Stereo camera of 1906 is amalgamated to the deck of the Missouri to create a camera with both a heightened stereo effect that complements the vertiginous "haiku" viewfinder on the ship deck. Both are intended, along with the trapezoidal 'cut' from the ship hull, to give the user a sense of history, of visually moving forward and looking back to the static present moment. An indicator marks the exact spot where the US-Japan surrender agreement was signed ending the Second World War. Compartments in the hull store MacArthur's House of Windsor pipe tobacco blend, the Parker Orange Senior Duofold pen used to sign the surrender agreement and an ink bottle.
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.
220. Douglas MacArthur: "Mighty Mo" Camera
atelier ying, nyc.
MacArthur's history with the USS Battleship Missouri is historical to WWII.
The Telephot Vega Stereo camera of 1906 is amalgamated to the deck of the Missouri to create a camera with both a heightened stereo effect that complements the vertiginous "haiku" viewfinder on the ship deck. Both are intended, along with the trapezoidal 'cut' from the ship hull, to give the user a sense of history, of visually moving forward and looking back to the static present moment. An indicator marks the exact spot where the US-Japan surrender agreement was signed ending the Second World War. Compartments in the hull store MacArthur's House of Windsor pipe tobacco blend, the Parker Orange Senior Duofold pen used to sign the surrender agreement and an ink bottle.
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2014 by David Lo.