The earliest cameras comprised a wooden box, a simple lens and a sheet of sensitive paper. A ‘little mousetrap’ to catch the light and burn a picture.
These pictures are artefacts collected by camera and displayed in square frames. Boxes within boxes.
Handbook 10, Little Mousetraps by Ian Cowmeadow, presents photographic snap – play!
Ian Cowmeadow has a degree in photography from Bournemouth University and an MA in Creative Non-Fiction from City University, London. His writing has appeared in The Independent, The Observer and The British Journal of Photography. He worked as a commercial photographer for various clients and his images have appeared in publications including The Face and The Poetry Review.
Little Mousetraps is published in an edition limited to 25 copies, and priced at £15. Email us to purchase your copy.