KANTA Portraits: September 2020

2020-09-23

Camera Matters 2020

23 September— both my dead digital cameras... needs to be repaired $$$. The only digital camera i have now is the phone.... UPDATE: ITS RM1300 TO FIX! 🙁 Sony service centre- (interesting that they follow the british spelling). estimated bout RM700 (USD175)... the camera is rm1400 new (correction 2600 new)..... 😢 @ The Curve, Mutiara Damansara

sony repair centre

dead cameras

7 September— just sold off my 135 format camera, had it since 2005. Canon FTQL 1964 last of the manuals before electronics started coming in

bye bye

2020-09-13

Secret South Exhibition– Kanta Portraits Taiwan / Nusantara Archives

13 September— ON EXHIBIT— Secret South Exhibition– Kanta Portraits Taiwan / Nusantara Archives KANTA portraits @kantaportraits camera #1interchange (retired) on exhibit with news video and grant report, some prints. As part of @nusantara archives for 'The Secret South' exhibition at Taipei Fine Arts Museum. thank you for sending me pics! #KantaPortraits #tfam 臺北市立美術館 Taipei Fine Arts Museum @boxcameranow #camaraminutera #cameralambelambe #lambelambe #afghanboxcamera #kamraefaoree

explore the exhibit in VR

[1] Secret South Exhibition Nusantara Archives

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13 July— Exhibition setup @kantaportraits camera #1interchange is going on exhibit as part of Nusantara Archives for 'The Secret South' exhibition at Taipei Fine Arts Museum. thank you for including the camera! picture credit to Guest Curator Takamori Nobuo #KantaPortraits #tfam @ 臺北市立美術館 Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Nusantara Archives exhibition space, camera here

exhibition space

camera setup

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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2020-09-23

Camera Matters 2020

2020-09-13

Secret South Exhibition– Kanta Portraits Taiwan / Nusantara Archives