Harold E. Edgerton Exhibit - Scottsdale Museum Of Contemporary Art

Scottsdale Museum Of Contemporary Art

Seeing the Unseen:

Photographs by Harold E. Edgerton
September 15, 2007 -

December 30, 2007
Even in today’s high-tech digital photographic world, the images taken by Dr. Harold E. Edgerton in the 1930s-1960s remain truly amazing. Edgerton was a pioneer of advanced photographic techniques such as stroboscopy and ultra-high speed photography—which led to the development of electronic speed-flashes used in modern cameras. Edgerton was a scientist, inventor and a teacher: his photographs are among the most recognized and memorable of our time.

Seeing the Unseen features 50 large-scale prints from the collection of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] Museum. While a graduate student at MIT (where he then taught), Edgerton designed the first electronic stroboscopic device in 1931, in order to accurately measure the displacement of the rotor in an electric motor. His instrument emitted light in controlled flashes and was capable of “stopping motion” on film. Edgerton experimented with set-up shots such as a splashing drop of milk or a bullet cutting through an apple. The resultant images are highly detailed and stop time to a nanosecond to show. His photographs, as scientific records, bistro on us comprehension and increase our awareness. They reveal new forms, subtle relationships of time and space and the essence of motion.

This exhibition continues SMoCA’s long-standing commitment to modern and contemporary photography.

image © The Estate of Harold E. Edgerton.

Phoenix Art Museum - Debating Modern Photography Exhibit

Phoenix Art Museum
Debating Modern Photography:
Triumph of Group f.64
Norton Photography Gallery
September 15, 2007 – December 30, 2007
In 1934, a heated debate between photographic factions considered the future of the medium. A small group of California photographers were challenging the painterly, soft-focus photography style of the pictorialists. They argued that the appropriate direction for the photographic arts exploited characteristics inherent to the camera’s mechanical nature: sharp focus and great depth of field. Their subjects – arranged still lives, industrial and architectural views, close-ups from nature, and portraits – were selected for their photographic potential, with rich textures and strong forms. This small association of innovators – named Group f.64 after the camera’s smallest aperture, which produces the greatest depth of field – included Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Alma Lavenson and others. This exhibition endeavors to revive the controversy, not only to acknowledge the pictorialists’ arguments, but to illustrate how avant-garde the work of Group f.64 once was. It includes images by members of Group f.64 and such pictorialists as Anne Brigman, William Dassonville, Johan Hagemeyer, William Mortensen and Karl Struss.

Talking Books with Aperture's Lesley A. Martin

Lesley A. Martin, who has been with Aperture off and on for the last ten years and has been executive editor of the book-publishing program for the past four, was recently promoted to Publisher. Her promotion was “reinforcement,” as she put it, that the revamping of the book-publishing program that she has spearheaded over recent years is a vital part of Aperture and its mission to be the premiere not-for-profit arts institution dedicated to advancing fine photography.

American Photo recently had the chance to speak with Martin to discuss her promotion, how she approaches the refined art of bookmaking, and the overall developments happening within Aperture offices on 27th Street in Manhattan's burgeoning Chelsea district. But first, a look at two upcoming fall titles.

Read the entire article from popphoto.com.

image provided by popphoto.com

Kodak Updates T-MAX 400 Black & White Negative Film

If you're shooting black and white file, you'll be pleased to discover that Kodak has announced an improved version of its Professional T-Max 400 film. The new ISO 400 film offers finer grain and greater image sharpness. According to the company, the emulsion has been altered to further minimize light scatter, which can reduce image sharpness. A UV barrier layer has been added to the back of the film in medium-format and 35mm rolls to prevent accidental exposure to static inside the camera. (Large-format sheets, which might be used for contact printing on UV-sensitive materials, do not have the UV layer.)

Kodak recommends slight changes in processing time for the new T-Max 400. Development times with Kodak chemistry will be published on the box, and the company will update its processing instructions online when the new film is available.

The new Professional T-Max 400 will be available in stores beginning in December 2007. You'll be able to tell it apart from the old T-Max by the "World's Sharpest!" text emblazoned on the packaging. Kodak will also replace its 50-sheet packages of 8x10 T-Max 400 sheet film with 10-sheet packages.

Canadian Photographer Jeff Wall

Early in his career, Canadian photographer Jeff Wall, whose retrospective opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on Oct. 27, enjoyed a high reputation as an intellectual among contemporary artists.

When he first got noticed in the late '70s, critics saw Wall's work as a deconstruction of the imaging tactics of advertising. He made, and continues to make, carefully staged pictures presented as large color transparencies in fluorescent light boxes, like those seen in airports, train stations and department stores the world over.

Read the entire online article from the San Francisco Chronicle.

Leibovitz Exhibit Ranges From Royal To Personal

Three official portraits of Queen Elizabeth II will be displayed alongside Annie Leibovitz's signature celebrity photography in a 15-year retrospective exhibition of her work on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

The Corcoran is the third of seven stops for the show titled "Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005" and the first gallery to include the queen's portraits, which were commissioned to mark her visit to the United States in May.

The exhibit -- a companion to the book of the same name -- includes 200 photographs that set recognizable high-fashion magazine portraits against a backdrop of reportage photography and personal snapshots.

Read the entire article from the Pittsburgh Tribune.

Chernobyl Photo Book Review On Lens Culture

Lens Culture looks at the recent “Chernobyl: The Hidden Legacy” Photography book on Trolley Books. The review includes a gallery of images featured in this volume by Pierparolo Mittica. “Photographer/author Pierpaolo Mittica states the premise of his passionate personal mission to investigate, research, document and expose the catastrophe that remains and continues 21 years after the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl in 1986.”

Read the entire review and view the gallery on the Lens Culture website.
Image © Pierpaolo Mittica

On the Street: The New York School of Photographers

Phoenix Art Museum
Norton Photography Gallery
Now until September 2, 2007
New York City exerts a powerful hold on the American imagination. The site of triumph and tragedy, home to the fabulously wealthy and the desperately poor, boasting modern technology and historical tradition, New York represents the contradictions inherent in our national identity. As such, it has always posed an irresistible challenge to photographers, notably those who came to be known as the “New York School.” On the Street brings together a lively group of 60 black-and-white images of the city’s street life seen through the lenses of 18 New York School photographers from the 1910s through the 1960s – such as Diane Arbus, Weegee, Lisette Model, Helen Levitt, William Klein, and Garry Winogrand – from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography.

Norton Photography Gallery – Upcoming Exhibition
September 15, 2007 – December 30, 2007
Debating Modern Photography: Triumph of Group f.64
In 1934, a heated debate between photographic factions considered the future of the medium. A small group of California photographers were challenging the painterly, soft-focus photography style of the pictorialists. They argued that the appropriate direction for the photographic arts exploited characteristics inherent to the camera’s mechanical nature: sharp focus and great depth of field. Their subjects – arranged still lives, industrial and architectural views, close-ups from nature, and portraits – were selected for their photographic potential, with rich textures and strong forms. This small association of innovators – named Group f.64 after the camera’s smallest aperture, which produces the greatest depth of field – included Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, Alma Lavenson and others. This exhibition endeavors to revive the controversy, not only to acknowledge the pictorialists’ arguments, but to illustrate how avant-garde the work of Group f.64 once was. It includes images by members of Group f.64 and such pictorialists as Anne Brigman, William Dassonville, Johan Hagemeyer, William Mortensen and Karl Struss.
Image © Louis Faurer

New Henri Cartier-Bresson Scrap Book

Coinciding with a recent exhibition jointly curated by the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and the International Center of Photography, this splendid selection of more than 300 images presents the iconic French photographer's famous 1930s–1940s scrapbook. Published in its entirety for the first time, it contains many of the pictures that cemented Cartier-Bresson's reputation as one of the 20th century's defining image makers. For more detailed information visit Amazon.com.
Image provided by Amazon.com

Classic Photography Book Re-Issued

The Photographer's Eye by John Szarkowski is a twentieth-century classic--an indispensable introduction to the visual language of photography. Based on a landmark exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in 1964, and originally published in 1966, the book has long been out of print. It is now available again to a new generation of photographers and lovers of photography in this duotone printing that closely follows the original. For more detailed information visit Amazon.com
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Claimed 'Oldest Camera' To Be Auctioned

A discovery in a dusty attic may change the history of commercial photography. Westlicht, a private photo gallery and auction house in Vienna, plans to auction off on May 26 what is most likely the world's oldest commercially manufactured camera.

Up to now, experts said that apart from some documents there was no proof that the so-called "Daguerreotype," a wooden sliding box camera produced by the Paris company Susse Freres in 1839, really existed. Discovered as part of an inheritance in Germany, the antique piece will allow photography enthusiasts rewrite history.

Peter Coeln, owner of Westlicht, is convinced of the camera's authenticity. "We showed images of the camera to leading experts in the field, who all confirmed its authenticity," he told DPA. "Also, the provenance is clear."

He admitted the story sounded improbable, but said he would not risk his company's reputation for a fake. "We know the ice is very thin in such cases," Coeln said.

Invented by French chemist Lois Daguerre, a daguerreotype is an early type of photograph. It produces a direct image on a polished silver surface that bears a coating of silver halide particles, deposited by iodine bromide or chlorine vapours. As there was no negative original like in modern photography, no copies of pictures could be made.

The process was widespread in Europe and the US for about one decade after its initial development before it was supplanted by different techniques.

The camera on auction in Vienna was first advertised for sale Sep 5, 1839, weeks before another Daguerreotype, produced by Daguerre's brother-in-law, Alphonse Giroux was commercially available. The Giroux Daguerreotype is widely regarded as the first commercially produced camera. Around 10 of those cameras still exist in museums worldwide.

Westlicht said the Vienna camera has never been restored. It is currently owned by a US-based scholar, who inherited it from his father, who taught technical photography at Munich University in Germany.

The starting bid for the camera is 100,000 euros ($132,900)—"a symbolic price," Coeln says.

The auction house expects it will fetch around 1 million euros, one of the highest prices ever for antique camera equipment, Westlicht said.

A Giroux Daguerreotype in a collection recently acquired by a photography museum in Qatar was estimated to be worth 1.5 million euros.

Paterson To Re-Launch ACU Chemical Line

Paterson has re-launched its 'ACU' range of black & white chemistry thanks to public demand and a German manufacturer. 'After the closure of its contractor's UK manufacturing plant last year, Paterson has been inundated with calls from photographers concerned at the loss of their favourite chemistry,' explained a spokesman for Paterson Photographic which is based in Tipton, West Midlands.

He added: 'A new German contractor has now been appointed to mix the unique 'Geoffrey Crawley' formulations. This includes an improved version of Aculux which produces fine grain negatives for both conventional enlarging and scanning.' There are three types of developers - all available in 1 Liter bottles. They are the Aculux 3 (fine grain film developer); FX-39 (high definition film developer); and Acugrade print developer. The 'High Speed Fixer' will be available at an additional cost.

For details visit the Paterson Photographic website

Garry Winogrand Exhibit At The Phoenix Art Museum

If in the Phoenix Metro area, visit the latest photography exhibit featured in the Norton Photography Gallery of the Phoenix Art Museum:

Garry Winogrand: Four Edges and the Facts
Norton Photography Gallery
Now through May 20, 2007
Photographer Garry Winogrand was one of the leading innovators in 20th century American photography. Like most photographers who took up the medium in the years following World War II, Winogrand initially worked in the commercial contexts of journalism and advertising. Around 1960, he set off on his own path, following his keen instinct for finding extraordinary pictures within ordinary life. His best photographs are both perfectly formed and utterly confusing. The 58 photographs in this exhibition, organized Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography from its collection, reveal Winogrand’s predilections for certain subjects – women, animals, and public spectacles – as well as his keen sense of the ridiculous, theatrical and mysterious aspects of modern life.

Phoenix Art Museum
McDowell Road & Central Avenue
1625 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Hours:
Tuesday, 10am to 9pm
Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-5pm
Closed Mondays and major holidays

New Sammy Davis Jr. Photo Book

Regan Books recently published “Photo by Sammy Davis Jr.” a 352 page hardcover collection of images taken by the ‘Brat Pack’ member beginning in the early 1950s. According to the book Jerry Lewis gave Davis a later model Ciro35 35mm rangefinder camera and the entertainer was “hooked.” The images in the book document Davis’ photos of friends, family, politicians and celebrities including fellow Brat Pack alumni Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, as well as James Dean, Paul Newman and Marilyn Monroe. Images range from thoughtful compositions to quick snapshots. Available online or at most local book stores this is an interesting look behind the scenes during one of America’s most entertaining time periods.

Image provided by Amazon.

Fun With Toy Cameras

As much as I like my new Sony Alpha 100 Digital SLR, or the wonderful Minolta Maxxum 7 film SLR, or even the classic Kodak Retina IIIc, there is something novel about using a twenty dollar, all-plastic (including the lens) camera like the Holga. Considered by many to be a toy camera, along with the classic Diana, and many single element vintage cameras such as the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, Agfa Clack, Anscoflex, the Holga provides an artistic, silhouetted image that is unique to each individual camera. With a single shutter speed of around 1/100 and a single aperture of f8 the Holga makes medium format shooting quick and simple. I like to have one loaded with either BW or Color 120 film just sitting in my camera bag ready to be used whenever the bug hits me. For bright outside scenes ISO 100 is sufficient, if lower light situations are more common for your brand of shooting, I’d suggest using ISO 400 film.

Other even cheaper possibilities are the vintage Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, Agfa Clack or any number of Kodak, Ansco or Agfa box cameras. In fact the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye provides even sharper images than the Holga, in my opinion. I and many others also consider the popular Lubitel 166 line of TLR’s as toy cameras even though they feature a three-element glass lens. The body is plastic and let’s face it the lens is only sharpest (term used loosely) at f8 or f11. The Beacon 225 is another useable ‘toy’ camera with its Doublet lens and molded Bakelite body. Occasionally it’s just fun to turn your back on all of the switches, features, settings, bells and whistles of modern photographic equipment and succumb to the sublime simplicity of toy cameras. I’ve compiled a small gallery of toy camera images, and another great resource for this type of shooting is ToyCamera.com.

Mar. 23 - Bruce Davidson Lecture In Tucson, AZ

Friday, March 23, 2007
5:30 p.m.

Bruce Davidson: Fifty Years of Photography
LECTURE:
Part chameleon, part artist, Bruce Davidson revels in being an outsider on the. At 73, he captures the reality of his subjects, from a traveling circus to a Brooklyn gang to the Civil Rights Movement. He will discuss his career, illustrating his talk with images that express the human condition in his unique and lyrical visual language. Sponsored by Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Center For Creative Photography
University of Arizona
1030 N. Olive Rd., Tucson, AZ

Feb. 16 - Alexander Cockburn Lecture In Tucson, AZ

Friday , February 16, 2007
5:30 p.m.

Alexander Cockburn: When Marx stalked the darkroom: Populist photography in the American Century
LECTURE:
Cockburn coedits the political newsletter and website CounterPunch, and is a regular contributor to The Nation and the Village Voice. The 1930s to the 1960s marked America’s great years of populism in art and cultural propaganda, especially in photography. Cockburn will discuss the rise and fall of socialist realism, American style.

Center for Creative Photography
University of Arizona
1030 N. Olive Rd., Tucson, AZ

ASU School Of Art Photography Exhibits

In an attempt to support local Phoenix photographers and photography students, below is a list of upcoming photography exhibits at the ASU School of Art Galleries.

Step Gallery
Location: Tempe Center, Suite 174, Southeast corner of Mill and University, Tempe, Arizona
Hours: Monday – Thursday 12pm-5pm, Friday 12pm-3pm

‘A Homing Device’
Trisha Holt
February 12-16
Artist’s reception: Monday, Feb. 12, 7-9pm
A collection of color photographic images exploring the themes of looking into spaces and also of the home and its iconic status in the artist’s life.

Gallery 100
Location: Tempe Center, Suite 199, Southeast corner of Mill and University, Tempe, Arizona
Hours: Monday-Thursday 12pm-5pm, Friday 12pm-3pm

Photography B.F.A. Group Exhibit
February 12-23
Reception: Monday, Feb. 12, 7-9 p.m.
Graduating seniors from the School of Art photography area showcase their work.

Harry Wood Gallery
Location: Room 120, Art Building, Tempe Campus
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9am – 5pm, Friday 9am-3pm

‘Assortment’
Paho Mann, M.F.A. photography
February 19-23
Artist’s reception: Monday, Feb. 19, 7-9pm

Ilford SFX 200 Film Returns In March

Ilford announces 35mm and 120 roll film return. Below is the original release from Ilford.

COMING MARCH 2007!! ILFORD SFX 200 RETURNS. SFX 200 is a medium speed black and white camera film for creative photography. It has extended red sensitivity and is especially suited for use with a filter to create special effects. By using the ILFORD SFX filter skies can be rendered almost black and most green vegetation almost white. Its unusual tonal rendition ensures interesting results for a range of subjects, including portraits, landscapes, townscapes and architecture. This product is a MAKE ON DEMAND item where stock is produced approximately on an annual basis. LOOK OUT FOR SPECIAL 2007 PROMOTION PACKS - AVAILABLE WHILST STOCKS LAST

Ilford SFX 200 Fact Sheet.
Image provided by Ilford.

Bluefire Murano 160 Film Available Soon

Bluefire Murano 160 (ISO 160) the first color 127 roll film to be manufactured in North America in years should be available by now from The Frugal Photographer at $6.99 per roll. Demand was so high that this Canadian-manufactured roll film has been out of stock for a couple of weeks. Bluefire Murano 160 is an alternative to the popular MACO or EFKE 127 roll films and produces a fine grain, is formulated for natural skin tones, and full tonal range. Processing options are found here. I’ll be ordering some to run through my Marvel, and Kodak Vest Pocket Model B. I’ve read that this film is actually cut from bulk rolls of Kodak Portra NC 160.

Festival Of The Photograph - Live Event

“Three days of peace, love and photography” is the description provided by the Festival of the Photograph official website. This first time event is taking place June 7 to 9, 2007 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The festival is organized by National Geographic photographer Michael K. "Nick" Nichols. According to the website, Charlottesville’s historic downtown will be transformed into a living image with Exhibitions, Master Classes, Insight Conversations, Outdoor Screenings and Special Events. A full 3-day Festival Pass is $99, while VIP Premium Seating is $450, and a Student Pass is $50. Master Class instructors include David Alan Harvey, Maggie Steber, or Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb. Fees range from $100 to $400. This sounds like a very interesting and enjoyable photographic event and should be experienced if possible.

New Book: Scanning Negatives And Slides

A new book, authored by Sascha Steinhoff, has been published by Rocky Nook, titled "Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archives” and is available for pre-order at such online sites as Amazon or Barnes & Noble. MSRP is $44.95 for this informative 304 page volume, however online it can be found for around 30-35 dollars. Apparently it will be available on shelves and for shipping on February 28th.

From the Publisher
A large number of contemporary photographers have either moved into digital photography exclusively or use both analog and digital media in their work. In either case, there is most likely an archive of slides and negatives which cannot be directly integrated into the new digital workflow, nor can it be archived in a digital format. More and more, photographers are trying to bridge this gap using high-performance film scanners. How to achieve the best possible digital image from a negative or slide, and how to build a workflow to make this process efficient, repeatable and reliable, is the subject of this book. The author uses Nikon's film scanners throughout, but all steps can easily be followed using a different scanner. The most common software tools for scanning (SilverFast, VueScan, NikonScan) are not only covered extensively in the book, but are also provided on a CD along with other useful tools for image editing, as well as numerous sample scans.

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Ansel Adams (Prints) Visit The Phoenix Art Museum

If procrastination was a virtue I would be the most righteous human-being on the planet. On November 11, 2006 the Phoenix Art Museum inaugurated its new Norton Photography Gallery with an exhibit titled “Modern by Nature: Ansel Adams in the 1930s”. It ends on February 4, 2007. After months of good intentions, I finally made it to the exhibit one week before it ends. This wonderful exhibit that begins a partnership between the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona and the Phoenix Art Museum includes 62 images from Adams’ most prolific and diverse period of this 60-plus year career. Many of these images were in his own private collection that he printed to display for friends and close associates. I was surprised to discover that the largest images displayed in this collection were 8x10-inch prints. Many were as small as 3x4-inch prints. An Ansel Adams exhibit last year at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art contained some prints as large as eight feet tall. Those were amazing. So my only disappointment, if you can call it that, was the general size of the images presented in the Phoenix Art Museum exhibit. Don’t misunderstand, these prints are beautiful and truly the work of a master photographer, but they do lose some wonder when reduced to 3x4 inches.

Adams is now a photographic icon, and synonymous with Yosemite National Park, but this exhibit displays a wide range of subjects and techniques as he honed his craft. Yes, there are plenty of Yosemite images, that are glorious, but I was far more interested in the structural and abstract images presented. The ‘Barn, Cape Cod, 1937’ print, a gift to the collection from the heirs of Adams’ close friend and fellow photographer, Edward Weston, is an amazing exercise of tonal range. The pure white paneling of the barn in the center of the image, and picket fence in the foreground, set against the middle grey of the barn doors, nearby structures and the sky above compliment the black shadows throughout the image. A prime example of Adams’ command of this own Zone system early on in his career. A 5x7 image titled ‘Cedar Tree, 1938’ is a wonderful abstract example of Adams’ early treks into the Yosemite Valley as do many of the tree, roots, grass and snow images displayed. ‘Snow Sequence, 1930’ a set of three 8x10 prints is both dynamic and amazingly simple. Let’s face it, Ansel Adams is a genius because the man could make moss look interesting.

I was also impressed by the museum itself. This was the first time I had been there since its recent re-modeling. If in the Phoenix Metro area, I highly recommend taking a couple of hours to walk through the entire museum, more if you can spare them.
Images provided by The Ansel Adams Gallery.

Classic Camera Collection Konica C35 Update

The Konica C35 classic camera collection profile has been updated with summary information and samples gallery. This is a fine little, fully automatic camera first produced in 1967. Several versions were produced and it makes for a nice point-and-shoot snapper. The shutter speed is limited so if the proprietary flash isn’t available use the common practice of choosing film speed for the appropriate conditions, such as ISO 100 film for daylight shooting and ISO 400 film for indoor shooting. These can be found for less than the price of a new CD.

MACO To Supply AGFA Photo Chemicals

MACO Photo Products and A&O imaging solutions GmbH have agreed to a partnership for the sales and distribution of A&O’s range of B&W photo chemicals such as Rodinal, Sistan, Agefix and Neutol using the original AGFA formulas. International customers will have access to the famous AGFA quality B&W chemicals, B&W papers, and ROLLEI films through MACO. This co-operation started back in December of 2006 and the companies expect these products to be available this Spring. The rumor is that some of these products will come directly from the AGFA plant in Germany.

Further information from: Maco Photo Products, Brookstieg 4, 22145 Hamburg-Stapelfeld/Germany, phone 0049 40 / 23 70 08-88, fax 0049 40 / 23 70 08-488, E-mail: photo@mahn.net, or under: www.mahn.net

Ilford Film Challenge

Ilford has announced that promotional boxes of Ilford Multigrade IV Deluxe Photographic paper include three free rolls of 36-exposure Ilford HP5 Plus film and an invitation to accept the ‘HP5 Plus Challenge.’ This runs until May 31, 2007 and allows anyone using Ilford HP5 Plus black and while film to compete for the chance to produce an image that will appear on the packaging for Ilford photographic paper along with a $1250 cash prize. A panel of judges will determine the winner, who is scheduled to be announced on June 30, 2007. So put aside that fancy new digital SLR and brush off the dust from those wonderful film SLRs sitting in closets and get shooting. Here are the specific details directly from Ilford. Associated image provided by Ilford.

No Frills Kodak Camera Info On The Cheap

An inexpensive, no frills, quick reference guide for classic Kodak cameras is the “Collector's Guide to Kodak Cameras” by Joan McKeown and James McKeown. I highly recommend this paperback to anyone who collects Kodak cameras. It’s available for less than fifteen bucks online, and contains basic descriptions of each camera, black and white pictures, production dates, film type used, and the original price. Don’t pick this up if you want to know the current collector value of each camera, nor any in-depth information or detail about a specific camera. That is not the intention of this volume. Cameras are listed primarily by product line, such as Kodet Cameras, Brownie Cameras, Retina Cameras, along with some informative sections titled ‘Two New Films Which Didn’t Change The World’ and ‘The Birth of the Red Window’. It even covers Kodak’s short lived Instant Film products.

Classic Camera Collection Now Available!

Finally it's done...well almost. www.twoliverphoto.com is now the home of the Classic Camera Collection that used to be found on www.ctzphoto.com. This is more of my personal hobby so I decided to separate it from the CTZ Photography site and include some images in the galleries that aren’t part of CTZ Photography. The cameras include a summary and description of the camera, cleaning and repair tips and purchasing suggestions. Many of the camera profiles include sample image galleries. I am still working on updating some of the newer summaries and sample galleries, so a few of the camera profiles have limited information until I can get these updated. At least one New Year’s resolution is done, now to work on the waistline…

A New Year Resolution

It’s a new year, and hopefully soon there will be a new website. I have too many friggin’ cameras and keep changing my mind regarding how to present them on my sites. I’ve decided to split it off from our CTZ Photography site and maintain it as part of my own personal site, twoliverphoto.com. One of these days I’ll actually complete it and make it available. Those darn holidays just got in the way of progress, except for my waistline which is now progressing in size. New camera acquisitions that will be featured in the classic camera collection section are a Welmy Six W that I’ve given a complete CLR including new covering, an Olympus 35C rangefinder, and Zorki-C Ukranian-made rangefinder. Film is in them as I speak and samples will be provided by the time the site is available…at least that’s my plan. So my first New Year’s resolution is to get this baby back online. Five days in and 2007 is already exhausting! Now about the treadmill…