Malfunctioningly Formidable - Femme Fatale Camera

“She’s Broken. Still Shoots. Still Dangerous.”

Welcome to Malfunctioningly Formidable — a femme fatale series born through broken lenses. I shoot on damaged cameras, glitchy sensors, and fractured viewfinders — and the results are hauntingly resilient. Exposed takes on new meaning here.

The beauty isn’t in spite of the flaw. It’s because of it.

Sections

Broken Lens Diaries

Journal-style reflections from shoots where the camera was cracked, glitched, or malfunctioning — with surprising, haunting results.

The FATALE Glitch

Photographs where the camera’s malfunction mirrors femininity — fractured, multiplied, distorted, and still powerful.

Beauty in Malfunction

Curated photo essays that highlight imperfection as aesthetic: flare, blur, light leaks, sensor burn — all left in.

Equipment Obituaries

A light-hearted, heartfelt memorial log for the cameras that couldn’t take it anymore. (RIP Canon 500D: you died artfully.)

Ghost Frames

Moody, partial, abstract images made through technical error — a visual séance with fragments, glitches, and faded forms.

Malfunctions with Meaning

Visual case studies of when the glitch added to the message. Contextual breakdowns on why the mistake became the point.

Musée des Optiques Brisées

  • Broken Camera 1

    SMASHED LENS

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • Broken Camera 2

    FAULTY SENSOR

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • PHYSICAL DAMAGE CAMERA

    SMASHED/CRACKED

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

Chloe

““My camera glitches. I don’t.”