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Matt’s Story

Small Roll-Film 'Tenax' Camera by C. P. Goerz, Mid 20th Century (Inv. 47041) Matt uses camera like these.

Small Roll-Film ‘Tenax’ Camera, Mid 20th Century (Inv. 47041). Matt uses cameras like this one here.

Name: Matt

Age: 28

Occupation: Librarian

From: York

Object: Cameras

Story: I always considered myself more of an artist than a scientist, but it was when I learnt dark room photography at school that I fully appreciated how much the two overlap. Suddenly I was taking a forensic and methodological approach to what I had thought a purely expressive pursuit and my results were improving exponentially.

Leyre’s Stroy

Projection Microscope, 1930s (Inv. 67914) 80 years ago this projector would have been used to project the image from microscope slides.

Projection Microscope, 1930s (Inv. 67914) 80 years ago this projector would have been used to project the image from microscope slides.

Name:  Leyre

Age: 25

Occupation: Retail

From: Spain

Object: Cameras and Projectors

Story: I studies cinematography and I’ve always been interested in cameras. That’s why when my grandparents’ neighbour died their family offered them to pick some old things and they took a typewriter, two cameras and a super 8 projector. Which made me very happy. The projector came with some old movies – quite strange. I still have them at home and I still travel with one of the cameras.

Sophia’s Story

Cine Kodak Camera, by Kodak, USA, 1940s inv. 37261

Cine Kodak Camera, by Kodak, 1940s (Inv. 37261) This camera is very similar to the one used at the Museum’s event which Sophie attended.

Name: Sophia

Age: 4

Occupation: Work from home making a mess!

From: Oxford

Object: Camera

Story: Today I learned about old cameras – it was very exciting! Very different to an iPhone! I got to grips with it quickly and took a pretend photo of my mummy and daddy. I found the museum workshop very interesting.

Victor’s Story

Autochrome of Madeira by Sarah Angelina Acland, c.1910 (Inv. 27910)

Autochrome of Madeira by Sarah Angelina Acland, c.1910 (Inv. 27910). Imagine flying Victor’s quadcoper over a view like this.

Name: Victor

Age: 58

From: Nova Scotia, Canada

Occupation: Retired

Object: Quadcopter

Story: In the past 5 years I’ve been able to identify and perfect the components of a quadcopter which has allowed me to better appreciate the landscape around me. It has a camera that in real time broadcasts what it flies over, which I’m able to see with a set of head mounted goggles. During a recent trip I spotted a quadcopter for sale from a dispensing machine, showing just how quickly they have become integrated into our society.