Photographer flies over 6,500 miles to get her compact camera personally engraved by a talented Chinese artisan
“There’s only one man I’d fly across the world for,” says photographer as she hands over her Fujifilm X100V for engraving
A Canada-based photographer, Alexandra Kavoukis, has traveled over 6,500 miles to have her Fujifilm X100V camera engraved by a skilled Chinese artisan named Ding Zuyin. Ding, who runs a kiosk in Yokohama, Japan's Chinatown, is renowned for his handcrafted engravings on cameras. After seeing Ding's work online, Kavoukis decided to visit him despite being based in Montreal, Canada.
She returned two hours later to pick up her now personally engraved camera, which features intricate designs along the top plate, lens cap, and baseplate, including a koi carp and a dragon motif. Other cameras, including a Leica M6, can also be seen at Ding's kiosk, highlighting the popularity of his work among photographers.
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