This is a case report which demonstrates how a patient's photographic interests expressed a primitivization of his ego function affecting all his relationships to objects. The camera was used to reinforce the unstable identity of the patient's body image. The camera became the representative of erogenous zones. Phantasies of varying types—sado-masochistic, voyeuristic, etc.—emerged during the analysis of the photographic activity. During treatment the patient tried to introject the analyst to strengthen himself; the analysis of this manoeuvre became the main goal of the analytic work.