by Holly Tribe
An Hungarian photographer has won the prestigious BMW-Paris photography prize, using a technique which involved turning a caravan into a giant ‘camera obscura’.
According to CNN International, the winning photograph was taken by artist Gabor Isz under the theme ‘Electric Vision’. The winning work entitled “Permanent Daylight” is part of a series Mr Isz made in a caravan parked next to a cluster of agricultural greenhouses.
The camera was made by punching a small hole in the trailer and directing the incoming light onto photosensitive paper hung inside. Over the course of four nights, light radiating from the greenhouses passed through the hole to create the image on the paper.
Mr Itz was awarded ?12,000 and commended for the originality of his practice, which photography historian and jury member Michael Frizot said “is unlike certain standards of today.”
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