Archive for November, 2011
My Life in Cameras no.9
9. PENTAX SV I acquired a Pentax SV in 1971 when I foolishly swapped a nearly new Mamiya C33 for this 10 year old camera. I was jipped! But it got me through a couple of weddings and a year of study at Prahran Tech. This camera needed an externally-fitted light meter, that contraption you […]
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Tags: Asahi Pentax cameras, Labassa, Lyndy Farrell, Pentax, Pentax 1962, Pentax history, Pentax Pentaprism, Pentax SLR, Pentax SV, Prahran Tech
My Life in Cameras no.11
11. MAMIYA C33 The Mamiya twin lens reflex cameras were a breakthrough in their day. Rugged, reliable and straightforward, they were a ‘systems’ camera coming with interchangeable lenses and various accessories when the Rolleiflex and Yashica TLRs were fixed. Every function was external and visible making them practical, working machines. This is the antithesis of […]
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Tags: Diane Arbus in Central Park, Diane Arbus Mamiya, Frederick Sommer, Garry Winogrand photograph of Diane Arbus, Japanese camera design, Mamiya C33, twin lens reflex
Denny Moers
Denny Moers, Bannister 3, 1979 Look at this image and try to guess how it was done. Yes, it is a photograph; no, it was not manipulated in Photoshop. It is from a black & white negative printed on black & white darkroom paper. Is it handcolouring or toning? No. Denny Moers is an American […]
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Tags: Azo paper, Camera Arts magazine, Denny Moers, Kodak Azo
The Korcula stare
The historic resort island of Korcula is on the Dalmatian coast. If you like to sit and stare, this is the place for you. Greg Neville, Korcula 2011 .
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Tags: holiday in Korcula, Korcula, Korcula Croatia, sunbathing Dalmatian coast
Tim Handfield’s Deep Skin
Tim Handfield, Tomatoes, Trenerry Crescent, Abbotsford, 2004-o6 Melbourne photographer Tim Handfield has a retrospective at Monash Gallery of Art, the first time a significant amount of his work has ever been shown. It’s called Deep Skin. Handfield has pursued his photography over the decades despite putting much of his energy into his photographic businesses, including […]
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Tags: Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Deep Skin, Monash Gallery of Art, photographs of Melbourne suburbs, photographs of suburbs, photography of suburbia, Stephen Shore., The New Colour Photography, The New Topography, Tim Handfield, Wiliam Eggleston