86. Yasujiro Ozu + Wim Wenders / Incense Camera
atelier ying, nyc.
Scenes from Ozu movies from old-fashioned pachinko arcades and Tokyo bars inspired the nostalgic elements of this design which continues one of my series of stationary or wall-hung portrait cameras that convert the room into a Photo booth and studio (see my camera design nos. 57, 69, 74, 78, 79, 84). These objets are my camera version of the 19th century tradition of commissioned grand pianos (or paintings for that matter) which had rooms designed to house them. Imagine building a room for your Ricoh GR1v (this is coming soon from AY, so start saving up).
The tokonoma level is about the correct height on the wall to hang this incense burner pinhole camera with roll film back. It's external flash is a simple salute to Weegee (a single matchstick used to light incense and add aura) who went 'Hollywood' and made in films in his later career. Other components to this folly include: 1. Pez dispensers which started in Austria in 1927, way before the major Ozu films were made.
2. As Ozu's favored method was to imbue objects with emotional meaning. Here the cigarette lighter becomes a nostalgic, lyric relic of memory to which the music clip of Schumann's "Traumerei", one of Ozu's favorite songs, both adds depth and marks the exposure time. The Kinderszenen "Scenes of Childhood" from which Traumerei emerged is playfully and loosely recalled with the Pez idea.
3. The camera body of this pinhole is the shell of boxes of Botan rice candy.
4. The shutter for this pinhole is a tiny replica of a pachinko machine flower which closes over the carefully machined pinhole to make exposures.
4. The incense trails should make interesting atmosphere in pinhole photos.
This design is dedicated to the film director Wim Wenders whose style and reverence for Ozu are an inspiration to me.
Design, text and drawing are copyright 2013 by David Lo.
86. Yasujiro Ozu + Wim Wenders / Incense Camera
atelier ying, nyc.
Scenes from Ozu movies from old-fashioned pachinko arcades and Tokyo bars inspired the nostalgic elements of this design which continues one of my series of stationary or wall-hung portrait cameras that convert the room into a Photo booth and studio (see my camera design nos. 57, 69, 74, 78, 79, 84). These objets are my camera version of the 19th century tradition of commissioned grand pianos (or paintings for that matter) which had rooms designed to house them. Imagine building a room for your Ricoh GR1v (this is coming soon from AY, so start saving up).
The tokonoma level is about the correct height on the wall to hang this incense burner pinhole camera with roll film back. It's external flash is a simple salute to Weegee (a single matchstick used to light incense and add aura) who went 'Hollywood' and made in films in his later career. Other components to this folly include: 1. Pez dispensers which started in Austria in 1927, way before the major Ozu films were made.
2. As Ozu's favored method was to imbue objects with emotional meaning. Here the cigarette lighter becomes a nostalgic, lyric relic of memory to which the music clip of Schumann's "Traumerei", one of Ozu's favorite songs, both adds depth and marks the exposure time. The Kinderszenen "Scenes of Childhood" from which Traumerei emerged is playfully and loosely recalled with the Pez idea.
3. The camera body of this pinhole is the shell of boxes of Botan rice candy.
4. The shutter for this pinhole is a tiny replica of a pachinko machine flower which closes over the carefully machined pinhole to make exposures.
4. The incense trails should make interesting atmosphere in pinhole photos.
This design is dedicated to the film director Wim Wenders whose style and reverence for Ozu are an inspiration to me.
Design, text and drawing are copyright 2013 by David Lo.