KANTA Portraits: Taiwan Research– Week 2-3 Studio 94

2017-11-14

Taiwan Research– Week 2-3 Studio 94

World Press Photo Exhibition studio 94, Taipei 玉溪有容教育基金會 The Thermos Foundation

School year 2 & 3 junior high on the magic of photography, Physics of light, chemistry, where science & art meets. Impromptu demonstration and conversations on the photography project exploration into Taiwan

Yesterday's revisit to Studio 94, meeting up with the team, giving them special time to make their portraits :)

World Press Photo

School year 2 & 3 junior high

demonstration

Studio 94 revisit

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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2017-11-14

Taiwan Research– Week 2-3 Studio 94