Miroslav Tichý
August 21, 2008 Photographers No CommentsIn a nearly obsessive manner he takes close to one hundred photographs a day, equipped with archaicly looking instruments that turn out to be self-made cameras. Build from scraps, such as metal plates, crown caps, rubber bands, cardboard, scotch tape, and plexi glass, his awkward yet masterful cameras display an ingenious inventiveness.
Hi’s webiste www.tichyocean.ch and gallery
George Lawrence and The World’s Largest Camera
July 15, 2008 Equipment, Other Staff, Photographers, Photography, Photos No CommentsGeorge Lawrence was one of the foremost panoramic photographers of the 20th century, as well as being the greatest KAP’er (Kite Aerial Photographer) of all time!
Link: http://robroy.dyndns.info/lawrence/intro.html
A photo-plate size 2.44 m by 1.06 m was used to take picture of russian battalion:
Ansel Adams’s Yosemite
May 13, 2008 Photographers, Photos No CommentsHear the backstory on the photographer’s iconic images from his former assistant Andrea Stillman, development director of The Morgan Library & Museum.








