17.5.2025, 10:00 – 18:00
Rovinj, centar
I made this camera called “Riječanka 1” based on the wooden cameras used on the streets of major cities in Afghanistan, Egypt, Mexico, Spain, etc. In fact, in the local language, this camera is called kameram-e-faoree, which loosely translates to instant camera. It is also a camera and a laboratory for black and white photography. It is actually a wooden box in which containers with chemicals, a cloudy glass for focusing and photo paper grippers are placed. On one side of this box is the lens, and on the opposite side of the lens are doors that open when the model is framed and focused. After the photograph is taken, the paper is developed in the camera itself, then it is copied to get a positive, and all this takes less than ten minutes. Since I named it after Rijeka, here is the City Clock, one of the main motifs of the city of Rijeka, taken with this beautiful wooden camera. Borislav Božić, prof.
Visitors will have the opportunity to take pictures with this unique wooden instant camera and meet the author.