Aunt Sophie was an artist who thought the human body was just another thing to paint, draw, sculpt or photograph. She spent several days with me developing a portfolio of simple photos taken with my simple Ansco Flash Clipper and later a borrowed 35mm pre-war Leica III-C which I still have in my XXth Century Camera Collection. I’ve airbrushed a few of my photos of her and my other aunts, so I could share them here. If I’m wrong, I’ll take them down. Continue reading
I started with a Kodak Brownie, like every other kid on the block. It was a one-focus lens and a slow, slow shutter speed. The only thing you could do with that camera is what you see here — get about ten feet away from subject for full-body, three feet for closeups, and snap away, hope for the best. You had to send your film to Kodak in Rochester, New York to have your photos processed and printed glossy with gnarly deckled edges, making it hard to insert them into a photo album, but who cared, as long as the pictures came out. Continue reading