How to use an Afghan box camera “kamra-e-faoree“

Video Credits: Afghan Box Camera Project, Lukas Birk & Sean Foley In June 2011, after a deep and meticulous research, Lukas Birk & Sean Foley, on their trip to Afghanistan discovered that it was one of the last extant places on earth where Box Cameras or ’kamra-e-faoree’ (as they call it) is put to use to keep the spirit of photographic evolution alive and to make a living as Afghan Box Camera Project provides a record of the kamra-e-faoree (instant camera) which as a living form of photography is on the brink of disappearing in Afghanistan. In this video, Qalam Nabi, one of the last two remaining box camera photographers in Kabul demonstrates how to use his camera. Website -
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