Transparent afghan camera

A Performative and Participatory Photography

Nowadays the technology development of camera has been a challenge for creative photographers, but on the other side it has also become dull.  Photographs created by photographers have not only focused on the reproduction of reality literally, but more to the use of photography as a medium in vocalizing ideas.  Therefore, photographs reflecting a further exploration with photography, particularly on their interactivity, have emerged.   It is assumed as because of the very instant process of digital photography, so it eliminates the passion of the artist to create photograph using a digital camera. Afghan camera is one of solutions for photographers to leave the boredom.  In this research, afghan camera is represented in a performative way.  The methods used were as follows; (1) literary study, (2) planning and reconstruction; (3) experimentation; and (4) materialization. The result showed that the planning to reconstruct the afghan camera had to be done carefully and thoroughly.  The planning ranged from the material to the accuracy in the execution.