Conway Super Flash - Custom Art Déco Edition | Analogue camera
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The Conway Super Flash Custom Art Déco Edition is a tested and working medium-format box camera.
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Conway Super Flash Custom Art Deco Edition – Bakelite Medium Format Box Camera with Exclusive Technical Coating
Lot Description:
We offer at auction a one-of-a-kind piece: a classic English Conway Super Flash box camera (produced post-war at the Birmingham, UK facilities), reimagined in a contemporary key through a refined artistic and functional reinterpretation.
The design concept:
The original camera fully embodies the era of democratic and amateur photography in the post-war period, when black bakelite allowed everyone to own a photographic device. This visual design intervention pays homage to the aesthetic roots of the era by drawing on Art Deco style, which strongly influenced architecture and industrial graphics of the time.
Integrated graphic pattern:
After careful research among several graphic solutions, a motif with geometric elements and gold/silver skyline on a black background was selected, a perfect nod to 1930s-1950s design.
Innovative technical material coating:
To overcome the sobriety of the plain black bakelite body, a new high-luster coating with a special finish was applied.
Durability and resilience:
The new material is water-repellent, oleophobic, resistant to fingerprints and wear, offering a pleasant tactile feel.
Technical and Aesthetic Specifications:
Brand: Conway
Model: Super Flash
Origin: Made in England
Original production period: 1950s
Body: Black fused bakelite with metal and glass details
Film format: Medium Format (Roll film 120 / 620)
Functionality: single-shot shutter (Instant / Time), built-in filter selector, waist-level viewfinders (vertical and horizontal) and an integrated optical element for focus adjustment (4ft to 9ft / 10ft to Inf).
Aesthetic conditions: discrete (Custom / Restyled). Unique piece of art/designer functional.
Mechanical conditions: shutter working and levers operable, ready to be collected or used by analog film photography enthusiasts.
Conway Super Flash Custom Art Deco Edition – Bakelite Medium Format Box Camera with Exclusive Technical Coating
Lot Description:
We offer at auction a one-of-a-kind piece: a classic English Conway Super Flash box camera (produced post-war at the Birmingham, UK facilities), reimagined in a contemporary key through a refined artistic and functional reinterpretation.
The design concept:
The original camera fully embodies the era of democratic and amateur photography in the post-war period, when black bakelite allowed everyone to own a photographic device. This visual design intervention pays homage to the aesthetic roots of the era by drawing on Art Deco style, which strongly influenced architecture and industrial graphics of the time.
Integrated graphic pattern:
After careful research among several graphic solutions, a motif with geometric elements and gold/silver skyline on a black background was selected, a perfect nod to 1930s-1950s design.
Innovative technical material coating:
To overcome the sobriety of the plain black bakelite body, a new high-luster coating with a special finish was applied.
Durability and resilience:
The new material is water-repellent, oleophobic, resistant to fingerprints and wear, offering a pleasant tactile feel.
Technical and Aesthetic Specifications:
Brand: Conway
Model: Super Flash
Origin: Made in England
Original production period: 1950s
Body: Black fused bakelite with metal and glass details
Film format: Medium Format (Roll film 120 / 620)
Functionality: single-shot shutter (Instant / Time), built-in filter selector, waist-level viewfinders (vertical and horizontal) and an integrated optical element for focus adjustment (4ft to 9ft / 10ft to Inf).
Aesthetic conditions: discrete (Custom / Restyled). Unique piece of art/designer functional.
Mechanical conditions: shutter working and levers operable, ready to be collected or used by analog film photography enthusiasts.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Brand
Conway
Model/type nr
Super Flash - Custom Art Déco Edition |
Physical condition
Fair
Functional condition
Tested and working
Estimated period
1950-1960
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