Elmo Alves and his friends Zaus and Francisco in Brazil built this beautiful camera inspired by the Camera Builders’ webpage. Elmo writes: “To build this camera we used wood from a tree that grows in the northen area of Brazil called Angelim, also known as Angelim-da-mata or Mirarema.” They also made the bellows, inspired by Joe Smigel’s instructions. To insert the film holder the ground glass is removed.

If you want to contact Elmo his email is: elmoalves@terra.com.br. You will find some of his pictures at his Flickr page.

23 March 2011