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The Idlozi Is A Hand Made Talbotype Camera That Looks Into Your Soul

Jan 26, 2014 by Udi Tirosh 6 Comments

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Polish photographer Emil Stankiewicz crafted this amazing Talbotype camera by hand. It is called Idlozi – the word comes from Africa and it means a window to your heritage soul. (yea, some stuff is better left in its native language).

The Idlozi Is A Hand Made Wet Plate Camera That Looks Into Your Soul

Aside from the camera itself being 100% homemade, it uses homemade photographic paper (see the movies below)

One formula that Emil uses produces a negative paper, which Emil re-exposes on a new paper to get a positive, and other formula allow Emil to press the photos into thick paper producing stunning antique looking photos.

The Idlozi Is A Hand Made Wet Plate Camera That Looks Into Your Soul

The Idlozi Is A Hand Made Wet Plate Camera That Looks Into Your Soul

The Idlozi Is A Hand Made Wet Plate Camera That Looks Into Your Soul

I would sure like to see someone kickstart this one….

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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