The Afghan box camera—a homemade wooden device known as the kamra-e-faoree, meaning “instant camera”—has been used to preserve memories in Afghanistan for generations. It is part of the local landscape, with street photographers dotting city thoroughfares.
It is itself a part of Afghan history, having been briefly banned by the Taliban, but these days, the box camera is in danger of disappearing.
Fewer and fewer people know how to make and use the traditional tool, which uses no film but can both capture and develop an image.
More: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/02/23/afghan-box-camera/#ixzz1nG7X4WQn
Alessio Romenzi continues to document the civil war in Syria for TIME, photographing members of the Free Syrian Army near the border of Lebanon.
Romenzi said via email this morning that he had photographed yet another funeral of a Free Syrian Army fighter, and added, “Snipers don’t sleep here.”
** This is a tumblr exclusive: You can see more of Alessio’s photographs tomorrow on LightBox.
An amazing photoblog. Check it.
For 2012: Be the change you wish to see in the world.
