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First, a brief introduction to cameramail.
The idea is not completely original, I'm sorry to admit. While working
on a mail-art project for school, I saw Daniel Farrell and Richard Kegler
of the website P22 document
an impressive number of odd forms of correspondence between their two
addresses in upstate New York. One of the last experiments displayed on
their
site was a camera attached to a postcard and plastered with stamps.
Taking a good idea and running with it, I began to mail cameras to various
locations. This project is still ongoing. Click on the cameras to view
their photos.
*EDIT* There is now a tips
page on sending your own cameramail.
The First Cameramail

On November 30th, 2003, an oversized postcard holding one disposable camera
and a roll of 800 ASA, 27 exposure film was mailed from Lafayette, IN
to Santa Monica, CA. A few days later, the postman knocked on the door
of my friend and found him answering in his underwear. He did not understand
the statement: "The Post Master wants to know why you are mailing
cameras." as he had no prior knowlege of this delivery. Approximately
14 of the 27 shots arrived intact, all of which were taken at the Lafayette
post office. As you can see, later editions of the project were cleaned
up. View the photos here.
** A camera was mailed to Portland, Oregon to my friends at Bonnie
Heart Clyde, but A.) hardly any photos were taken before they received
it and B.) those photos currently reside in Indiana. I'll try to track
those down for you soon.**
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On March
3rd, 2004, cameramail was sent my friend Geoff in Baltimore, MD. Like
the first, the roll arrived unfinished, but for once not broken. Geoff
proceeded to finish off the roll at his leisure. Only the camera's
initial travel is provided. View the photos here.
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On March
18th, 2004, a second cameramail was sent my friend Geoff in Baltimore.
This was meant to be a project for himself and the photo class he
was student-teaching.. The camera had been loaded with Tri-X black
and white film. Again, only a few photos were taken by the time he
received the package. He never processed the roll with his students,
unfortunately. I opted not to display the photos taken by the students
after its arrival. Sorry. View the photos here. |

(pictured front and back) |
Mailed
just before Christmas, 2004, this camera was sent to Justin of
chromogenic.net in Portland, OR. This was a good one. You can
read his
take on it. View the photos here. |
Remember, this is an ongoing project. Check back for more updates, or
contact kvh
for tips on sending your own cameramail.
*EDIT* There is now a tips
page! Please be sure to e-mail me if yours is even half as successful
as mine.
Also, please visit C-41.
My daily photo page.
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