I've just finished my third weekend with working
with a 4x5 view camera. This has been a fascinating learning
experience for me and I thought I'd share my experiences with
you.
Mark Citret takes luminous photos of everyday surroundings,
with the practiced eye of an architectural photographer set free of
traditional constraints of beauty and conformity. He can use 4x5
view camera with the spontaneity of a 35-mm rangefinder, and the
small-format camera with Zen-like deliberation.
Jack Heyn
Ex-3RD Bomb Group Member, based at Charters Towers, shows how WWII Graflex photos.
"People are awfully curious about cameras, lenses, and the
gobbledegook that goes along with photography. If it matters, I
used a Crown
Graphic 4x5 camera with a 135mm Optar lens or a Calumet with
either a 150mm Schneider convertible or a 75mm Super Angulon for
all of these photographs. " (From About
the Exhibit
One of the world's oldest photojournalism competitions,
started in 1943. In 1948, of the ``100 Best Prints,'' 81 were taken
with Speed Graphics, and 6 with with other Graflex cameras. Of the
top award pictures, all but one was taken with a 4x5 Speed Graphic
(the lone holdout was a Leica -- a portender of things to
come).
1959
Press Photography A traveling exhibit of 59 photographs taken
in 1959 and published by the Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada). Great picture of a Speed Graphic on the opening
page, (they need a flash bulb, though!) and
another in the Next Mayor of
Winnipeg page.
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