KANTA Portraits: July 2017

2017-07-22

Presentation: Realities Asian Photography Month

Kanta Portraits– Realities Asian Photography Month July 2017
autoplay presentation of 3 minutes, audio was required, exported as video file! first time i've ever prepared a presentation like so, i must be so obsolete.

2017-07-13

Foma photo papers

14 Jul
#20x24 #foma photo paper, testing out a different brand, still RC paper #resincoated but included some FB paper #fiberbased to test some positive prints #kantaportraits #kantaboxkamra #instudio25 thanks Foma Malaysia

13 Jul
tonight's pickup, foma from Chech Rep. testing out other alternative from an independent distributor Foma Malaysia! tomorrow expecting delivery for #20x24

2017-07-11

IN THE MEDIA; Meet your Makers

short video on 'Meet your Makers' featuring the building aspect of the cameras. shot during the recent exhibition where i've set up the biggest build so far #7BilikObscura. great chance that they were there to document it! thanks Daily Rojak team!

2017-07-09

Build; Shelf/ worktable

new shelf & table unit for kanta. the fourth shelving work table I have for the project. I need more shelves

2017-07-07

New stock arrives

new fresh stock arrives, replenish my old "expired" "discounted-price" stock. RM$2,000++ worth of photo chemicals & papers, and I still haven't bought #20x24 for my large prints! (that's another 2grand!) no more cheap rates, people of KL, sorry :( also this means I've done more than a thousand prints! that's perhaps 500 portraits #KantaPortraits ok it's getting very serious now!
10 boxes 3.5 x 5.5" (100pc) RC gloss about RM 800
1 box 20 x 24" (15pc) FB art paper RM900
5 liter MultiDev RM200
5 liter Ilfo fix RM200

Jeffrey JC Lim

Jeffrey Lim’s exploration into photography started with the family’s point & shoot film-camera and the stories behind their black & white photographs. It was later in art school that he discovered the magic of the darkroom and explored deeper into the craft of image-making & printing.

He started experimenting with self-made box cameras utilising pinhole and lenses, and also explored using century-old box cameras, crossing between different mediums and methods to producing an image. At the same time, he started researching his family’s roots through interviews and photographs.

After watching the Afghan Box Camera Project video in 2011, he was inspired to design and build variants of the Kamra. Starting the project Kanta Box Kamra, he built the first four prototypes. He then developed new techniques in reproduction & printing after visiting the exhibition Retrato Popular, Sesc Belenzinho, and studying the Lambe-Lambe cameras of Brasil, he built several other prototypes.

In 2017, he started Kanta Portraits to explore the concepts of identity and the national-construct. Travelling to different parts of the region and many different indigenous communities, he recorded their narratives and in return, gave instant portraits. He is currently archiving the portraits and reflecting on the journey in the hopes of producing an exhibition and publication.

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