29 & 30 April 2023, 11 am - 7 pm
<CANCELLED> Stellar KL
Instant Portraits with Jeffrey Lim

Organised by Stellar KL with Kanta.studio features an immersive portrait-taking & printing experience. The portrait sessions are made with a large format camera at 8x10 inches, and processed instantly with the all new Dark Tent #kantadarktent. This mobile tent gives access for three people to participate in the darkroom development process.

Instant portraits are available at 8x10 inches, black & white traditional silver gelatin hand prints, and mounted using acid-free glue & backing card. Each sitting is allocated 1 hour, and 2 printed exposures. Group sitting of up to five (or more) is possible. Frames are available for purchase too. 

May 2023
<CANCELLED> Hin Market- on the move
Zhongshan, Kuala Lumpur
Instant Portraits with Jeffrey Lim, Kanta.Studio

Age old traditional process of Street Box Cameras, now in Malaysia. Get an instant portrait print of yourself, friends or family. Using silverprints, Black & White photographic, photographed and hand-printed by Jeffrey Lim of Kanta.Studio. 

19 March 2023, 10 am - 5 pm
Stellar KL
LAB CAM DAY portraits

Short for Laboratory Camera Day, come celebrate this international event of box camera practitioners everywhere in the world practising this traditional craft of street box cameras. Representing Malaysia to the world, get your Instant Portraits with Jeffrey J C Lim, Kanta.studio at Stellar KL. 10am to 5pm. Pre-booking is open, 30 mins a slot. It’s a short session this time round. 

For more information, look up the main organisers in Brasil, FotoClube Lambe-lambe

28 & 29 January 2023, 11 am - 7 pm
Stellar KL
Instant Portraits with Jeffrey Lim

This special session organised by Stellar KL with Kanta.studio features an immersive portrait-taking & printing experience. The portrait sessions are made with a large format camera at 8x10 inches, and processed instantly with the all new Dark Tent #kantadarktent. Making its debut, this mobile tent gives access for three people to participate in the darkroom development process.

Instant portraits are available at 8x10 inches, black & white traditional silver gelatin hand prints, and mounted using acid-free glue & backing card. Each sitting is allocated 1 hour, and 2 printed exposures. Group sitting of up to five (or more) is possible. Frames are available for purchase too. 

For first time ever in Malaysia, instant COLOUR portraits are available. Only 4x5 inches are available at the moment, very limited, test run.  Only available as an addition with BW session booking. Walk-ins possible, but priority is given to pre-booking.

10th & 11th December 2022, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Ilham Art Bazaar, Atas / Not Atas
Kanta.Studio Instant Portraits
with Jeffrey Lim, Kuala Lumpur

Age old traditional process of Street Box Cameras, now in Malaysia. Get an instant portrait print of yourself, friends or family. Using silverprints, Black & White photographic, photographed and hand-printed by Jeffrey Lim of Kanta.Studio. Available in 4x5", make your booking time slots via messaging instagram _kanta.studio

Processed instantly, each sitting will take approx. 30 minutes.

1st - 2nd October 2022, 11am till 5pm,
Saturday & Sunday

Stellar KL
Kanta.Studio Instant Portraits
with Jeffrey Lim, Kuala Lumpur

In conjunction with the international photography day, Kanta.Studio will be setting up an instant portrait booth with Stellar & friends at RexKL.

Age old traditional process of Street Box Cameras, now in Malaysia. Get an instant portrait print of yourself, friends or family. Using silverprints, Black & White photographic, photographed and hand-printed by Jeffrey Lim of Kanta.Studio. Available in three sizes at 8x10", 5x7" or 3x5", make your booking time slots at the instagram or facebook Kanta.studio. Processed instantly, each sitting will take approx. 10-15 minutes.

23rd-26th September 2022

Open Studio
#KhemahKamera
Hin Bus Depot, Pulau Penang

open to the public to visit and interact at Hin Bus Depot. 

Experimenting with various artists, on operating this ultra large-format camera, and exploring live projections and conceptual performances. There are two slots per day, day and night, the camera changes function according to daylight.

Small instant portraits are available during Hin Market, for the large tent portrait please make an enquiry. 

with support from Krishen Jit Fund
#krishenjitfund Five Arts Centre 

#KantaStudio

22nd-24th August 2022

International Documentary Festival
#KhemahKamera
Langkawi, Kedah

As part of an international festival, Jeffrey Lim will be presenting a Masterclass Kanta Portraits- Unboxing the Box Camera and an Art Printing Workshop on Silhouette Portraits. Khemah Kamera will be part of this conference as well, making group portraits of the Delegates.

Luc Chen from Taiwan will be part of the team operating the camera in Langkawi.

25th & 26th June 2022, 11am till 7pm,
Saturday & Sunday

Stellar KL
Kanta.Studio Instant Portraits
with Jeffrey Lim, Kuala Lumpur

In conjunction with the international photography day, Kanta.Studio will be setting up an instant portrait booth with Stellar & friends at RexKL.

Age old traditional process of Street Box Cameras, now in Malaysia. Get an instant portrait print of yourself, friends or family. Using silverprints, Black & White photographic, photographed and hand-printed by Jeffrey Lim of Kanta.Studio. Available in three sizes at 8x10", 5x7" or 3x5", make your booking time slots at the instagram or facebook Kanta.studio. Processed instantly, each sitting will take approx. 10-15 minutes.

4th & 5th June 2022, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Ilham Art Bazaar, Atas / Not Atas
Kanta.Studio Instant Portraits
with Jeffrey Lim, Kuala Lumpur

Age old traditional process of Street Box Cameras, now in Malaysia. Get an instant portrait print of yourself, friends or family. Using silverprints, Black & White photographic, photographed and hand-printed by Jeffrey Lim of Kanta.Studio. Available in three sizes at 8x10", 5x7" or 3x5", make your booking time slots at the instagram or facebook Kanta.studio. Processed instantly, each sitting will take approx. 10-15 minutes.

11 -13th March 2022, 11am - 5pm

Exposure + Photo event-
LOKL Coffee HSS High Street Studios, Kuala Lumpur

Instant Portraits with Jeffrey Lim, Kanta.Studio

Age old traditional process of Street Box Cameras, now in Malaysia. Get an instant portrait print of yourself, friends or family. Using silverprints, Black & White photographic, photographed and hand-printed by Jeffrey Lim of Kanta.Studio. Available in three sizes at 8x10", 5x7" or 3x5", make your booking time slots at the instagram or facebook Kanta.studio. Processed instantly, each sitting will take approx. 10-15 minutes.

6th March 2022, 11am - 5pm

Hin Market-
Hin Bus Depot, Georgetown, Penang

Instant Portraits with Jeffrey Lim, Kanta.Studio

Age old traditional process of Street Box Cameras, now in Malaysia. Get an instant portrait print of yourself, friends or family. Using silverprints, Black & White photographic, photographed and hand-printed by Jeffrey Lim of Kanta.Studio. Available in two size at 8x10" or 3x5", make your booking time slots at the instagram or facebook Kanta.studio. Processed instantly, each sitting will take approx. 10-15 minutes.

5th March 2022, 10am - 4pm

Grow Market- Hin Bus Depot, Georgetown, Penang

Instant Portraits with Jeffrey Lim, Kanta.Studio

Age old traditional process of Street Box Cameras, now in Malaysia. Get an instant portrait print of yourself, friends or family. Using silverprints, Black & White photographic, photographed and hand-printed by Jeffrey Lim of Kanta.Studio. Available in two sizes at 8x10" or 3x5", make your booking time slots at the instagram or facebook Kanta.studio. Processed instantly, each sitting will take approx. 10-15 minutes.

23rd February - 8th March 2022

Road trip North-
Georgetown, Penang & Alor Setar, Kedah

Instant Portraits box camera setup

Get an instant portrait print of yourself, friends or family. Using silverprints, Black & White photographic, photographed and hand-printed by Jeffrey Lim of Kanta.Studio.  This trip exploring Kedah towns too.