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Love your enlarger, mind the lights, respect the chemistry.
You’re looking at a prototype Leica 35mm film camera, known as the 0-series. It was one of just 25 produced in 1923 for testing, and only 12 of them are known to have survived to this day. That’s why it’s just set a record, becoming the world’s most expensive camera.
It suddenly occurred to me that I’ve never done a post on one of the most essential elements of film photography, which is: how to treat your film right. Imagine you’re dating your film, and you must therefore succumb to all of its whims and desires regardless of what you…
DIY: Make Photo Prints from Plants!
Sooo, did you know plants are light sensitive? When you think about photosynthesis, it totally makes sense.
We made our photo prints using spinach, but you can use anything from strawberries to daisies!
Check out our guide for how to get the best print from the plant matter you choose.
Flowers, cherries, blackberries, and purple cabbage have given me the best results. You can use vodka (if you’re of age, ahem) to mix, instead of denatured alcohol. Bonus: You can drink what’s left after you’re done coating your paper! :D
Once I have time to scan things again, I’ll show you the results from my experiments, and how I achieved them!
Small excerpt from the second assignment, Human Subject as Theme, in my color photo class.
I ran into several technical issues during this assignment, so I do plan to work more on this in the future. But for now, on to the next assignment!
Did you know Frida Kahlo had a personal stash of about 6,500 photos?
Another good tidbit: Frida also came from a line of photographers — her father and her grandfather were both professional photographers.
Frida Kahlo’s Personal Photography
via NPR; Washington Post
No, I did not know that, Photojojo…..iiiinteresting.
This DIY camera was made from a stack of books on photography. Heh.
It’s part of Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs’ photo book titled As Long As It Photographs It Must Be a Camera. More at American Photo at the link!
DIY Camera Made from Photography Books
Thanks Dan for the heads up!
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“Evening Attire”, photographed by James Van Der Zee, 1922
James Van Der Zee (born June 29, 1886, Lenox, Mass., U.S.—died May 15, 1983, Washington, D.C.) is one of the few famous black photographers. Much of his opulent portraiture chronicled the Harlem Renaissance.
In 1916, VanDerZee and his second wife, Gaynella Greenlee, opened the Guarantee Photo Studio in Harlem. Their business boomed during World War I, and they enjoyed critical and commercial success through 1945.
After World War II, the Van Der Zees’ fortunes declined (along with the rest of Harlem). By the time his collection of negatives and prints was discovered by a representative of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1967, the family was nearly destitute. In early 1969, Van Der Zee’s photos were featured as part of the museum’s successful “Harlem on My Mind” exhibition. The photographer gained national acclaim, and from the 1970s until his death in 1983, Van Der Zee returned to work, photographing celebrities who had become familiar with his work.
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Elizabeth “Tex” Williams
Williams was the first black Women’s Auxiliary Air Corps (WAC) photographer. She made the army her career from 1944 on, documented air and ground maneuvers, recorded medical procedures, and provided images for intelligence. In 1949 she became the first black woman admitted to the Signal Corps photography school at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, graduating at the top of her class.
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Ooh, neat!
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