2022 | Book design
In 1888, Kodak released their first branded camera, the Kodak No.1, with the slogan: “You press the button, we do the rest”. Since then, people have recognized image production as a simple thing. However, actually, no image can be created without elements and the labor to extract them.
One of the reasons we, consumers of images, tend to overlook the element and effort to extract it behind the image is its invisibility. Therefore, in this project, I tried to extract the elements, in this case, silver, from the image. To extract silver, I mainly used two things. One is the fixer used during the photo-developing process. The other is the photographic film itself. This attempt resulted in a small publication.