Page 2 - Al-Rashed Newsletter July19

SHIPPING WORLD
PHOTOGRAPHER TURNS HUGE

SHIPPING CONTAINER INTO

WORKING CAMERA

In Northernhay Gardens in Exeter, UK, one of the largest and most unusual
cameras in the world called the Container Camera, and the large-format-camera-
and-darkroom-in-a-shipping-container was created by photographer and

educator Brendan Barry.

Barry himself has dubbed the Container Camera “the world’s biggest, slowest, and
most impractical Polaroid camera.” And the description isn’t far off. But he left out
“fascinating” and several other more positive adjectives. The whole thing is
wheelchair accessible, fully ventilated, solar powered and capable of welcoming
large groups of all ages and abilities.
For those three weeks he was in the park near his home, Barry used the massive
camera to take photos of the local community, run workshops, and teach people
about photography in a way that’s both engaging and fun.

“The aim of the project was to reach out to a diverse range of people and invite
them to make portraits of the community by the community,” says Barry, “Then to
bring these together to create a series of images that collectively touched on
themes of inclusion & collaboration, celebrated diversity, promoted acceptance, and
inspired engagement & participation in the arts.”

Source: https://petapixel.com/2019/07/19/photographer-turns-huge-shipping-container-into-working-camera/