Artists turn taxidermy subjects into cameras (pictures)
Two artists come up with some of the most unusual cameras we've ever seen, including shooters made out of turtle and armadillo shells.
Camera shell
In an ordinary world, turtles and armadillos are occasionally the subjects of a photograph, but in the hands of Swiss artists Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, the creatures become the camera.
For the two-volume visual portfolio "As Long As It Photographs" and "It Must Be A Camera," the duo spent two weeks creating shooters out of unusual objects such as a stack of books, an animal's horn, and turtle or armadillo shells. Photography enthusiasts will surely love the added decor of old lenses and bellows to the animals sourced from taxidermy. "We found ourselves thinking about what a camera is, or what it needs to have," Kreb said of the project in an interview with American Photo Magazine. "The expression of the camera "body" can be a starting point for an exploration."
Quite the opposite of the plastic or metal point-and-shoot you would carry to a flowery field.
A multitude of inspirations -- such as a shared professor who firmly taught that to take good pictures, you must live an interesting life or be in an interesting scene -- led the duo to come up with the project, which spans several years of exhibition and just recently made a splash on the technology blog circuit.
Take a visual tour as we explore the bizarre creations. We start off with a reclaimed turtle shell turned into a classic-looking camera, complete with flash and strap. It actually takes pictures, too.