Filming Equipment in Nepal | Capturing an invisible reality

Filming Equipment in Nepal 

Laurence Kent Jones was 11 when he first learnt about infrared photography in a second hand encyclopedia gifted by his father. He was struck by the stark clarity and originality of the images. Ever since, he has been fascinated by the urge to record invisible light in film. Jones’ collection of black and white and colour photos of Nepal, Bhutan and India called ‘Spectrum’ will be on exhibit at the Siddharth Art Gallery till 6 March. The works on display play with light that are of a wavelength that the human eye cannot see. Among the 18 photographs displayed, only three are taken in the visible segment of the spectrum while the rest are experiments in the infrared band. “Photography allows us to see a lot of things that we can’t experience directly,” says Jones who is deeply interested in the science and technology of photography. “Especially with the development of the digital camera, one might get lost. But the technology is only there to serve the work, not the other way around.”

Laurence is from a family of artists, and having a painter father influenced his early childhood. Until his thirties he wasn’t making much money as an artist, so he decided to join the diplomatic service. For 15 years, except for taking souvenir photos of places he travelled to, Jones wasn’t doing any serious photography. He resumed his passion again when he was assigned to directly report from dangerous neighborhoods of Haiti in 2007. He was posted to the US Embassy in Kathmandu two years ago and now after retirement spends time imagining the world through infrared imagery. In order to take infrared photos, a heat filter needs to block visible light hitting the sensor. Though an expensive modification, Jones took the leap six years ago and now carries two cameras: a Canon 5D M3 for infrared and a 5laDSr for colour.

Filming Equipment in Nepal

Source : https://www.nepalitimes.com/here-now/capturing-an-invisible-reality