El plan de navegación comenzó con Rodrigo Gómez Rovira (CHI) quien compró la cámara en el puerto libre de Punta Arenas (CHI), en la Patagonia, antes de partir en un viaje de descubrimiento por la Tierra del Fuego. A la vuelta entregó la cámara a Luis Weinstein (CHI), quien la llevó consigo a un matrimonio familiar en Montevideo (URU), para pasársela luego a Fredi Casco (PAR) en Buenos Aires, donde inició un viaje en automóvil hacia Rosario para inaugurar una exposición. La cámara luego voló con fredi desde Asunción (PAR) a Santa Cruz de la Sierra (BOL), donde se hizo cargo del proyecto Nelson Garrido (VEN), trabajando una serie personal sobre la ciudad. Una vez editadas sus 11 fotos, la cámara quedó en manos de Ciadefoto (BRA), quienes la llevaron a Sao Paulo (BRA) para realizar sus fotos antes de entregarla a Cassio Vasconcellos (BRA). “La Oriental” llegó en sus manos para hacer la serie de Cassio sobre New Jersey, USA, antes de quedar con Marcelo Brodsky quien trabajó sus 11 fotos en la Universidad de Princeton, Biblioteca de Minor White incluida. En esa ciudad la tomó Martin Parr (UK) para viajar hasta Bristol. 11 fotos después se la entregó a Luis Weinstein, quien la trajo a Chile para ponerla en manos de Paz Errázuriz (CHI) que se la llevó a Nîmes, FR. A su vuelta, fue el turno de César Pincheira (CHI) y su visión sobre un recorrido en bus por Valparaíso, para entregarla a Elde Gelos (ESP) en un puente peatonal sobre la autopista 68. Entre Madrid y Asturias este fotógrafo desarrolló su serie y la entregó a Ginette Riquelme (CHI) en la estación de trenes de la capital de España. La cámara conoció el barrio de Ginette antes de viajar con Pablo Ortiz Monasterio (MEX) hacia su país. Frente a la casa azul de Frida Kahlo en Coyoacán durante Fotosetiembre, comenzó el turno de Iatâ Cannabrava (BRA) y sus 11 imágenes de México DF y Sao Paulo.


The Oriental navigation plan began with Rodrigo Gómez Rovira (CHI) who bought the camera in Punta Arenas free shop, and went in a discovery journey to Tierra del Fuego, then he handed it to Luis Weinstein (CHI), who brought it to a family wedding party in Montevideo, Uruguay, and then gave it to Fredi Casco (PAR) who went by car from Buenos Aires to Rosario, to have an exhibition. The camera later flew with Fredy to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, where Nelson Garrido (VEN) made and edited his eleven pictures, and passed it to CiadeFoto(BRA) who took the camera to Sao Paulo, Brazil. After making a series about a journey to the pool, L’Orientale was given to Cassio Vasconcellos (BRA) who flew to New Jersey, USA. He shot pictures of his way through the city, and he met Marcelo Brodsky (ARG) who made a series on Princeton, University, including Minor white’s library where he gave it to Martin Parr (UK). The camera went by train to the airport, crossed the atlantic and landed in Bristol beach, then Parr gave it to Weinstein who took it back to Chile and left it with Paz Errazuriz (CHI), who left for Nîmes, France where she had an exhibition. Once back, Cesar Pincheira (CHI) jumped with the camera in Valparaiso’s buses to deliver it to Elde Gelos (ESP) over a bridge in a freeway. The next assignment was the trip from Madrid to Asturias by train, and once back in the spanish capital it went into the hands of Ginette Riquelme (CHI), who made a series on her neighborhood before giving it back to Pablo Ortiz Monasterio (MEX) who flew with the camera to México city. In front of Frida Kahlo’s blue house in Coyoacán he delivered the Orientale to Iatâ Cannabrava (BRA), who worked his series in the big city, while attending Fotosetiembre, and back to Sao Paulo.

"L’Orientale, a frigate with 71 passengers, left France at the end of September 1839. Organised by Captain Augustin Lucas (1804–?1854), this travel was intended as an expedition around the world, lasting about two years, to provide an education in maritime commerce to young french and belgian students. There is documentation that Daguerreotypes were taken by Louis Comte in Rio de Janeiro on 17 January and at Montevideo on 29 February 1840, the first recorded at the southern hemisphere. The ship was wrecked at Valparaiso on 23 June 1840. The Justine, a vessel sometime under the Captaincy of François Lucas, younger brother of Augustin, arrived from across the Pacific to Valparaiso on 23 September. This ship left in November 1840, to arrive back to Sydney on 29 March 1841. In this way the first photographic images were obtained in Australia, on 13 May 1841." http://www.midley.co.uk/articles/LUCAS.htm

At Valparaiso's International Festival of Photography, we are currently working the www.laoriental11.com and www.laoriental11.org sites to have a online, photographic version of these travels. We have this small digital camera which is going hand to hand from one photographer to the next. Each of them working a series of just 11 photographs on "Travel" - and a brief 30" video if they want... - which are added to the camera single card, as it increases it's mileage in each of these travels. Once the photographer has it’s photographs ready, they upload them to the site from a computer. Hence, in the site we will have the whole story, as well as texts by the photographers, the videos, and other project related items. The pictures are meant to be shown online, as well as an exhibition and, maybe, in projection form: the objective being to show it in as many places and venues as we can. The pictures of the traveling camera are meant to travel too. We are also working to print a book or magazíne, or perhaps creating a fake “travel brochure”, with the Project.