James Malsich
jmalsich@huskudu.com

A Portfolio of 8 Images

"All the photographs on these pages were taken with the Diana Camera, a cheap plastic camera from the 1960's, that was originally sold in toy stores. I got my first one when I was seven years old through the Bazooka Joe Bubblegum Comics. I shot some film, still have a couple of the original prints, and eventually forgot about it till many years later while attending Art School. The Diana with all its wonderful flaws - soft focus, vignetting, light leaks, and a total disregard of all the technical qualities of "good" photography, seemed like a natural tool for someone with a punk D.I.Y. attitude.

People either seem to love or hate the Diana Camera, and many can not understand why you would use a toy to do serious work. Using a Diana makes you work in a totally different way; formal concerns aren't as important, and you begin to rely on intuition more and more. Eventually the Diana became my main image making tool, and has been for over ten years."

- J.M

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