Photo credit: Dmitri Tcherbadji
How about a functional instant film camera made from gingerbread that you can actually eat? Photographer Dmitri Tcherbadji from Poland has created just that, and it uses a sugar glass lens capable of shooting on Fujifilm Instax Square instant film.
This isn’t a special kind of gingerbread, but rather normal pieces that have been sanded down with a cheese grater. As you might have expected, the sugar lens didn’t produce the greatest of photos, although it does work to say the least. In all, Tcherbadji spent around $220 USD on the project, which is slightly more than a good modern instant film camera.
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As you can see, the images are very soft, lack contrast, and show lots of other distortions. Still, cranking them out of a piece of bread and sugar never ceases to feel exciting (and a little hilarious). There’s certainly room for improvement. I’ve learned a lot building this, and I will be learning more as I attempt to expose a few more packs of film before breaking it into pieces later with friends,” said Tcherbadji.
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