Obscura (2018)

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While working with wet plate collodion Ruhter came up with an idea to show the world the beauty of these objects in a size that was deemed impossible. This led him and the Silver & Light Team to a forgotten town on the edge of the Salton Sea called Bombay Beach, located in California’s Imperial Valley. The idea was to create a camera out of an abandoned house. The structure would serve as the framework for the camera. Instead of focusing on the decay from the outside, this house camera allowed a view from the inside into someone’s dream. Once the giant lens was placed on the front of the house, images of Ted, a 100 year old resident who recently found himself homeless, were projected in, breathing new life into this abandoned structure and once again making it a home. During this brief moment in time when Ted’s photograph was captured, he was present in both places. In reality, he was homeless in the outside world.

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.photography, tmdb.camera, tmdb.abandoned-house, tmdb.camera-obscura, tmdb.wet-plate-art, tmdb.gary-oldman, tmdb.ian-ruhter + 3 more, tmdb.obscura, tmdb.ian-beaudoux, tmdb.will-eichelberger

Production Companies: Silver & Light Films

Country: United States
Languages: English

Runtime: 32 min.

Released: Oct. 24, 2018

Digital Release: Oct. 24, 2018

Status: Released

Certification: NR

Obscura (2018)

While working with wet plate collodion Ruhter came up with an idea to show the world the beauty of these objects in a size that was deemed impossible. This led him and the Silver & Light Team to a forgotten town on the edge of the Salton Sea called Bombay Beach, located in California’s Imperial Valley. The idea was to create a camera out of an abandoned house. The structure would serve as the framework for the camera. Instead of focusing on the decay from the outside, this house camera allowed a view from the inside into someone’s dream. Once the giant lens was placed on the front of the house, images of Ted, a 100 year old resident who recently found himself homeless, were projected in, breathing new life into this abandoned structure and once again making it a home. During this brief moment in time when Ted’s photograph was captured, he was present in both places. In reality, he was homeless in the outside world.

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.photography, tmdb.camera, tmdb.abandoned-house, tmdb.camera-obscura, tmdb.wet-plate-art, tmdb.gary-oldman, tmdb.ian-ruhter + 3 more, tmdb.obscura, tmdb.ian-beaudoux, tmdb.will-eichelberger