Afghan Box Camera: It was probably the summer of 1973. I was wandering around the Boston Common with my Minolta when I was hailed by this street vendor with a weird contraption. Said something about since I was a photographer, why don't I pay him to take my picture? He had this rickity wooden box and was standing there, ready to take my money. I hadn't seen anything like it, so I gave him a couple of bucks and he told me to stand by the fence.
This image is his work:

Recently, surfing the internet (www.kickstarter.com) I saw a duplicate of that man's contraption - the Afghan Box Camera, and this video explains the technique...





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