Photo booth RGB
The first photo booth produced by Photomaton appeared on the streets of Paris in 1928. To be able to get one’s portrait taken in a matter of minutes, by an automated process, was a quite revolutionary invention and accessible to all. Many artists could see the artistic potential of the device and began to experiment with it, including the surrealists André Breton, Luis Buñuel, Max Ernst and Salvador Dalí. Over the years others, such as Andy Warhol or Cindy Sherman, followed in their footsteps.
In the last few decades, photo booths based on a chemical process have begun to disappear. They still remain of interest to collectors, however, who seek out the unique contraptions so as to bring them back to life. In turn, those fascinated with the idea of an instantaneous self-portrait have embarked on the creation of photo booths of their own, using self-invented ideas as regards both the form and the process of creating a photo.
Photo Booth RGB enables users to take a self-portrait and print it straight away. In this particular photo booth the visitor is not only responsible for what is in front of camera but compose the lightning. Mixing rgb live let us experience the very basic principle of color and how does the white light is being created. The final image presents all three channels, it’s intensity and the result of mixing red with green and blue.
Photo Booth RGB was commisioned by Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art.