A camera captures a moment and frames it. Dream books read it as the wish to hold on to something, how you see yourself, or the feeling of being observed. Taking photographs is usually read as wanting to preserve a memory or a happy period. Being photographed is linked to feeling watched or judged, while a camera that refuses to work points to a moment you cannot quite hold on to. Looking through old pictures on it stands for reflection on the past. It can help to notice which moments from your days you most want to keep.
Has this come up in your dreams before? What was going on in your life then?
My Cosmic Code has a private dream journal. Write a dream down and the app picks out the symbols in it, shows what dream books say about them and, over time, which words recur across your entries. The journal is stored on your device only.