Many a photographer (and not only them) are so passionate about their work that they end up worshiping the tools of their trade, i.e. cameras. I think this is rather a cute conceptual switch, seeing how pieces of equipment meant to focus on certain aspects of reality become themselves the focus. Cameras are being photographed (perfect inversion!), painted, turned into ceramic sculptures, jewelry items, and the topic of various artistic techniques of representation including embroidery, linocut, graffiti, engravings and many more.
My latest Etsy treasury tackles precisely this fashion of having photographic cameras as subject of art and crafts. They are not only pas-par-totum symbols of a trade and a revolutionary way of recording/capturing reality, but became the focus of artistic inspiration and vision.
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