One year, no film/ no storage card

JoeV said:
I wrote about doing something like this, back in early 2008, here on my blog. The project involved using a pretend (i.e. faux) camera, which I documented on F295. Here's a picture of my fauxtographic device. The viewfinder is hacked from an old plastic Polaroid 600 camera (it's a pretty good VF, actually); the body of the camera is made from a block of wood, with parts from the Polaroid glued on as needed. I imbedded a clothespin clicker device with which to make the shutter sound when an image is to be captured onto one's neural storage media. I also installed an "erase" switch on the bottom of the camera, in case one is challenged in public about taking pictures and is forced to delete one's images.

I haven't used this device as much as I originally intended, as it's more a blend of performance art, photography and subtle protest against the rise of the Security State. But I'd like to have someone accompany me with a compact video camera (like a Flip) with which to document public reaction to my fauxtographic activities.

~Joe

PS: The images I'm getting with this camera are extraordinary; although I noticed they do tend to fade in detail over time, something about long term memory and persistence of vision, technical details that are way over my head. The audible "click" at the time of capture helps one to isolate a particular visual moment in time. I'm not certain how I'll share these images, perhaps a gallery showing with matte boards in frames behind glass, with a description of the faux image on an adjacent placard.

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That is brilliant!
 
Reminds me of a musical composition of total silence. It ran for a couple minutes from memory. As I heard the story a critic reviewed something like: "A refreshing work, I look forward to longer and more ambitious pieces from this composer."
 
tyrone.s said:
Reminds me of a musical composition of total silence. It ran for a couple minutes from memory. As I heard the story a critic reviewed something like: "A refreshing work, I look forward to longer and more ambitious pieces from this composer."
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You're thinking of John Cage's 4'33"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4′33″

An important work to be sure, but I wouldn't want to listen to nothing but this piece for an entire year.
 
I have a camera that could do this.

It uses a fixed, internal 80MByte disk Drive. No Film, no storage card. And it also has SCSI interface and can be tethered to a computer, write through to the TWAIN driver.

But I'm not in.

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Here, put this POD next to your bed tonight, you'll be in.
 
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I can see doing this for an occasional shoot, and actually did a filmless/cardless session at a botanical garden just a couple of weeks ago. It really taught me to stop and smell the flowers.

tyrone.s said:
Reminds me of a musical composition of total silence. It ran for a couple minutes from memory. As I heard the story a critic reviewed something like: "A refreshing work, I look forward to longer and more ambitious pieces from this composer."
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When I answered the question about what musician I'd like my photos to remind people of, I chose John Cage. I stand by that.
 
FrankS said:
I was thinking of trying to go for one year with my left arm tied behind my back, you know, because limitations spark creativity.
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Hehe, Frank, I think that might get you to be more resourceful in boxing or some martial art, but losing an arm has done little to spark creativity in my photo making :p BTW, Helen if you do go to the less contrasty VF side with the nikon RF, you will be able to do it all one-handed ;)
 
It may be a virus, but the Nikon RF I had was best built RF I ever used. Just wish the VF patch was more contrasty like a M's VF patch. And there is no illness at all in the Nikon RF lenses....absolutely smashing in the 35/50/85 department -- I can't say a thing about the wides. And, as Joe said, the Nikon Rfs are just soooo good looking.
 
Uwe_Nds said:
No exceptions.

You are taking your camera with you not loaded with film or storage card, explore scenes, composition and happily press the shutter - the only image of the scene will be the one in your memory.

Who's in?

Cheers,
Uwe
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This is what I plan on doing IF "they" eventually stop making film ;)
 
Reminds me of that Rock and Roll classic, "AIR GUITAR." Yeah baby, rock out tonight.

From now on, every time I see a photograph I really like I'm gonna do the "AIR CAMERA." ClickClick. lol
 
I've been making images only in my head for the past month, and will for the following month, because I can't afford to buy any film.
It's a hard road.
 
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