The Camera Collector: A Passion for Photographic History

Andrea Casanova directs a short film about an unnamed Italian photographer and collector who has amassed a vast collection of cameras and photographic equipment since the 1960s. The collector recounts anecdotes about rare pieces acquired over fifty years, including a Comet II, a Leica, a camera lucida, a daguerreotype, magnesium flashes, curtain shutters, and stereoscopic viewers. His collection spans cameras, manuals, and historical Italian and foreign magazines, tracing the evolution of photography through its equipment. The film highlights a bygone era of analog photography that continues to fascinate.