21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Box camera
Haji Mirzaman, 75, uses his Afghan box camera - an inventive mix of a camera obscura and a darkroom in one tool. Such cameras used to be common in Afghanistan, but cheap digital equipment has effectively driven them to extinction. Haji Mirzaman is the last man to operate a box camera for commercial purposes, and nowadays his work is additionally threatened by Taliban prohibitions.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 08.2023 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2023 |
Photo Location: | Kabul, Afghanistan |
Camera: | Canon EOS 6D |
Copyright: | © Mark Levitin |