Left: Miroslav Tichý – urban hermit, cardboard camera maker, gentle voyeur photographer. Right: Artist Kiel Johnson’s neat new collection of classic cameras made out of cardboard. They’re similar and they’re not. See more cardboard cameras below. Read more »
With a current show at the ICP and appearances at the Armory, Miroslav Tichý is getting due recognition of his work in the US. All this may be against his consent, in the worst way possible. Read more »
Miroslav Tichý defines poetry as a mistake and “for that you need a bad camera.” His were scrapped together from tin cans, shoe-box cardboard, toilet paper rolls, cigarette boxes and elastic bits with toothpaste-and-ash-polished plexiglas rounds for lenses. The result: thousands of dreamy landscapes and secret snaps of city women. Hidden until recently, they are on display at the International Center of Photography. Read more »
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