about

The maker.
The camera.
The mystery.

This project started with a camera no one could identify. It grew into something I didn't expect — an investigation into family memory, and a reason to learn a printing process that predates the internet by 150 years.

the maker
the maker

Manasvi Noronha

Photography has always been a hobby of mine and this project was the perfect oppurtunity for me to move from the realm of digital photography to physical photography media.

the found camera
the object

The found camera.

This camera has been sitting in an old box of photography equipment that I "borrowed" from my mother, unfortunately it's completely damaged so there will me no more mystery negatives coming from it.

"Who held this camera,
and what were they trying
to capture?"

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