Epic Press 2008, First Edition; SIGNED by author, softcover, 8-1/2 x 11", 79 pages, black & white illustrations. Please note: this is not a print-on-demand (inferior) copy as offered at some places.
In this book the author, who was an apprentice reporter/photographer from 1947, describes the types of cameras that were developed to meet the special needs of press photographers. He explains the laborious procedures involved in using the early cameras and along the way he touches on some of the risks that early press photographers took in their attempts to document the world.
CONTENTS:
*** The Beginnings of Press Photography - and Before
*** New Cameras for a New Era
*** Wooden Boxes and Folding Klapps
*** Lazy-Tongs and Scissor-Struts
*** A Design that Predated Photography
*** Folding Beds and Baseboards
*** A Cuckoo in the Nest
*** Roll Films and Twin Lens Reflexes
*** Tribulations and New Idea
*** A Last Fling for the Larger Format
*** Illumination
*** Getting- and Delivering-the picture
*** A Closer Look at some Classic Press Cameras
*** Bibliography
Cameras illustrated are in the author's collection:
Goerz Anschutz 1892-1926
Steno-Jumelle 1895
Ernemann Klapp Camera 1901-1925
Graflex Single Lens Reflex 1902-1963
Nettel 1904-1937
Plaubel Makina 1912-1960
Speed Graphic 1912-1925
Houghton Ensign 1915-1931
Newman and Guardia Folding Reflex 1921-1938
Thornton Pickard Special Ruby Reflex 1923-1938
Zeiss Ikon Miroflex 1927-1936
VN Press Camera 1933-1950
Rolleiflex Twin Lens Reflex 1937-1981
Miniature Speed Graphic 1938-1947
A British Frankenstein about 1944
Linhof Technika 1930-1976
Pacemaker Graphics 1947-1970 (Speed)
Pacemaker Graphics 1947-1973 (Crown)
Kalart Camera 1948-1953
Hasselblad Single Lens Reflex 1948-
Mamiya Twin Lens Reflex 1953-1983
Graflex XL 1965-1973