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Camera crazy
Title:
Camera crazy
Author:
Salyers, Christopher D., author.
Publication Information:
Munich : Prestel, [2014]
Physical Description:
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 22 cm
Summary:
"Showcasing the most unusual and unique examples of functioning toy cameras--retro analogs, branded novelties, new products from Japan--and the photographs they creat, Camera crazy explores the full range of this incredibly popular, and often quirky, photography niche."--Page 4 of cover.
Language:
English
Contents:
Toy cameras : marketing a medium / Buzz Poole -- It's not the photographer, it's the camera / Christopher D. Salyers -- Novelty cameras -- Diana, Holga & the plastic camera boom -- Interview with Mr. T.M. Lee, creator of Holga -- Lomography & the analog movement -- Interview with Lomography -- Instant cameras : the rise, fall & resurgence of Polaroid -- Polaroid : the look of instant gratification -- Interview with Creed O'Hanlon, the impossible project's CEO -- Japanese camera culture -- Digital toys -- Interview with Shree K. Nayar, inventor of Bigshot Camera.
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ISBN:
9783791349558
Format :
Book