Design No. 331: Film Camera as an Existing stage set
atelier ying, nyc.
You may see some of the elements in the tablescape behind the drawing: water glass as optical prism (the obscura version) which would then entertain the idea of a Film Camera as a city plaza which might pose the idea of a Morandi tablescape as a composition of the elements. It's the scale of the design variants (and the optical paths) that allows one to muse on architecture and is the most interesting facet; whether a human scale is important in the realm of cameras as it is in architecture. Yes for camera obscura, no for a camera that shifts the viewer's perceptions (vistas) of reality irregardless of dimension. Which brings the question of whether a camera's function is as a portable window (vista) or a creator of space (experience)?
A lot of black gauze holds the stage pieces to each other as one unit which covers a light-tight enclosure that may shift in form. The front stage table centers the subject as a default sighting device. The closest cousin to this camera is a Speed Graphic. For this reason I categorize it with my other designs for Weegee the photographer.
Design, concepts, text, photograph & drawing are copyright 2016 by David Lo
Design No. 331: Film Camera as an Existing stage set
atelier ying, nyc.
You may see some of the elements in the tablescape behind the drawing: water glass as optical prism (the obscura version) which would then entertain the idea of a Film Camera as a city plaza which might pose the idea of a Morandi tablescape as a composition of the elements. It's the scale of the design variants (and the optical paths) that allows one to muse on architecture and is the most interesting facet; whether a human scale is important in the realm of cameras as it is in architecture. Yes for camera obscura, no for a camera that shifts the viewer's perceptions (vistas) of reality irregardless of dimension. Which brings the question of whether a camera's function is as a portable window (vista) or a creator of space (experience)?
A lot of black gauze holds the stage pieces to each other as one unit which covers a light-tight enclosure that may shift in form. The front stage table centers the subject as a default sighting device. The closest cousin to this camera is a Speed Graphic. For this reason I categorize it with my other designs for Weegee the photographer.
Design, concepts, text, photograph & drawing are copyright 2016 by David Lo