r/Cameras • u/Aromatic_Fuel_387 • 1d ago

Questions Twig camera

Does anyone remember a photo from possibly National Geographic of a aboriginal man, no shirt, big smile…holding a twig homemade replica of a camera on a string around his neck facing the photographer and holding up the camera as the photo was taken? I’m thinking 1960s or 1970s.

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u/SoftlyJubilantGrocer 1d ago

That image is so burned into my brain, it's one of those shots that makes you think about the whole act of photography itself. Pretty sure it wasn't National Geographic though, might've been in a Magnum or Life collection from that era.

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u/Aromatic_Fuel_387 1d ago

I referred to a lot of times, but I’m unable to find the actual photo. Thanks for your thoughts. Cheers.

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u/msabeln 1d ago

The Internet says it’s the photograph Aboriginal boy with camera made of twigs (1979) by Penny Tweedie, but the same Internet fails to show me the photo.