Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A belated celebration of Lab Cam Day 2026 — I loaded up my Afghan box camera onto a trolley and headed to the Dragon Playground in Toa Payoh to make some photos..
Lab Cam Day (March 20th) is an international celebration of the laboratory camera and the itinerant photographers who carried this tradition around the world. I couldn't make it on the day itself, but two days late is better than never.
The Afghan box camera is a self-contained darkroom cum camera. You expose the photo paper in-camera, develop it inside the box, and have a wet negative within minutes. No electricity. No digital files. Just chemistry, light, and a bit of magic.
There was a catch : it was brutally hot. Singapore in March does not forgive but the Dragon Playground drew curious kids with curious parents although they beat a retreat once they feel the heat.
Nevertheless I am glad that I dragged that trolley out.
Shot on 5x7 Foma photo paper. Developed in-camera with self mixed Kodak D166 developer.
LAB CAM DAY, the “International Day with the Laboratory Camera,” is coming up. The date is celebrated on MARCH 20th every year, in accordance with the law of the city of Aparecida/SP, in Brazil, which establishes the “Dia Municipal em Memória aos fotógrafos Lambe-lambes de Aparecida.” Since the date does not always fall on weekends, this year we will be doing a different format for the action.
To participate: during this week, make a post together with this Instagram page @fotografos.lambelambes
Lab Cam Day Cover Art by Art by Guilherme Curty da Costa
#AfghanBoxCamera #LabCamDay2026 #FilmPhotography #Singapore #DragonPlayground #ToaPayoh #AnalogPhotography
A belated celebration of Lab Cam Day 2026 — I loaded up my Afghan box camera onto a trolley and headed to the Dragon Playground in Toa Payoh to make some photos..
Lab Cam Day (March 20th) is an international celebration of the laboratory camera and the itinerant photographers who carried this tradition around the world. I couldn't make it on the day itself, but two days late is better than never.
The Afghan box camera is a self-contained darkroom cum camera. You expose the photo paper in-camera, develop it inside the box, and have a wet negative within minutes. No electricity. No digital files. Just chemistry, light, and a bit of magic.
There was a catch : it was brutally hot. Singapore in March does not forgive but the Dragon Playground drew curious kids with curious parents although they beat a retreat once they feel the heat.
Nevertheless I am glad that I dragged that trolley out.
Shot on 5x7 Foma photo paper. Developed in-camera with self mixed Kodak D166 developer.
LAB CAM DAY, the “International Day with the Laboratory Camera,” is coming up. The date is celebrated on MARCH 20th every year, in accordance with the law of the city of Aparecida/SP, in Brazil, which establishes the “Dia Municipal em Memória aos fotógrafos Lambe-lambes de Aparecida.” Since the date does not always fall on weekends, this year we will be doing a different format for the action.
To participate: during this week, make a post together with this Instagram page @fotografos.lambelambes
Lab Cam Day Cover Art by Art by Guilherme Curty da Costa
#AfghanBoxCamera #LabCamDay2026 #FilmPhotography #Singapore #DragonPlayground #ToaPayoh #AnalogPhotography
