Recesky

I put together this little model kit today. It is actually a working twin lens reflex camera that shoots on 35mm film. It doesn't have a lot of controls, however the viewing lens and the shooting lens are linked, so you can actually focus via the viewfinder. It also has a removable aperture plate which allow you to change to a wider aperture if you want shorter depth of field. I'm going to put a roll of film in it right now and then develop it next week during my class's processing demonstration.

If you would like to get a camera like this, there are two possibilities; The Gakkenflex was included with issue 25 of Otona no Kagaku Magazine, a Japanese science publication that always comes with some kind of science kit. The other, cheaper option is to look for a Recesky kit, which is a clone of the Gakken camera. It doesn't come with the magazine (which you probably don't want anyway, unless you can read Japanese)and it has a few minor cosmetic changes. It's pretty much the same camera though. You should be able to find on on ebay for about $20 while the Gakken will probably be $50 or $60.

Hole New World

Last year I sent a few images to be shown in a pinhole photography exhibition in India. Now a book featuring work from that show has been published via Blurb. 191 artists from 41 countries are represented. It looks pretty good.

Proceeds from sales of the book will help to support the Goa Center for Alternative Photography, an art space dedicated solely to the understanding, appreciation, education and promotion of alternative photography in India.

You can preview the entire thing and purchase the book at Blurb.com.

New York City

LPE 2010

Well, the Littlest Print Exchange 2010 is officially finished. The last of the completed portfolios went out in today's mail. I also uploaded a gallery of all the prints to the website. So take a couple of minutes and check out the collection. Several artists were nice enough to send a few extra prints so I created a web store where they can be purchased for only $6.00. Most of them are in very short supply of only one or two prints, so if you want one, get on top of it before it is sold out. There is one complete portfolio available for sale. Send me an email if you think you might like to buy it. It will be about $300 for all 50 artworks.

A bunch of exhibitions of the portfolio are in the works. Currently scheduled are a showing at Tiny Meat in Portland Oregon and two Canadian exhibitions at Cram Gallery and Spark Box Studio.

I've already received a bunch of submissions for the 2011 exchange and will start accepting participants in January, so if you want to be included check out the website and send in a portfolio.