The Cube: The Story of a 6 Foot by 6 Foot by 6 Foot Camera

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How many of you have ever built a camera? And if you have, how many of you have built a really big camera? We’re not talking about your typical 8×10 format, we’re going big. One year ago prior to the publishing of this story, I interviewed Andrea Pizzini–one of the creators of the Cube. The Cube isn’t something from the Star Trek universe, but it is still a very big feat of engineering. This Cube is a camera that must be dismantled, reassembled, and that shoots positives of more than 3 feet by 3 feet.

We decided to catch up with Andrea to see how the project has been coming along.

Phoblographer: The idea to build the cube camera came in 2009. It shoots 3 foot by 3 foot positives and required a Nikon industrial enlarger lens to create the images. What’s been happening with the cube since you first started releasing and publishing the first images?

Andrea: The biggest news was that Ilford decided to stop the production of the Ilochrome (ex-Cibachrome) paper. We had to find the money to order the last stock of CIbachrome. A total of 20 rolls for almost 16.000 Euro. This will allow us to take 280 …

By: Chris Gampat

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