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Post by andys93integra on Jan 12, 2011 4:29:20 GMT -5
This is an amazing story about a Rollei user who recently died. I thought it was pretty neat.
Andy
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Post by Randy on Jan 12, 2011 13:46:55 GMT -5
I was fascinated by her work, I watched a couple other vids of her work.
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Post by daveh on Jan 12, 2011 14:26:56 GMT -5
Wow! Andy thanks for that.
One of the greats? Absolutely, yes.
I just wonder how many more there are out there. I wonder also how many are lost forever. My grandfather had a spell as a professional photographer in the early 1900s. My uncle Alan had most of my grandfathers output and when he, Alan, died most of it was just chucked on the rubbish dump. The little I have seen of my grandfather's photos would suggest he was more of a commercial portaitist: that was where the money was. Vivian Maier was doing it for herself and what she turned out was and is (to me at least) something special.
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Post by mickeyobe on Jan 12, 2011 14:29:48 GMT -5
Thanks, Andy.
I just spent a pleasant 45 minutes viewing her work. It seems that the twin lens reflex was invented for her.
Mickey
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Post by andys93integra on Jan 17, 2011 20:40:13 GMT -5
Wow! Andy thanks for that. One of the greats? Absolutely, yes. I just wonder how many more there are out there. I wonder also how many are lost forever. My grandfather had a spell as a professional photographer in the early 1900s. My uncle Alan had most of my grandfathers output and when he, Alan, died most of it was just chucked on the rubbish dump. The little I have seen of my grandfather's photos would suggest he was more of a commercial portaitist: that was where the money was. Vivian Maier was doing it for herself and what she turned out was and is (to me at least) something special. When i get to see my Uncle Jack's stuff, hopefully this year, i will be thankful that his stuff wasn't chucked, which would have been horrible. I talked to a person at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin and he said that there is a lot of Uncle's photos and scripts there. His sister got most of his photos and equipment when he died and then donated it to the Ransom Center (i assume). But the fellow i talked with said that there were not really any cameras or equipment there. I found his estate papers and went through them a few hours ago i found that he had at least two other Rollei's, one being another Tele-Rollei, and one a 3.5/75mm not sure of the model like 3.5e or something like that. They also do not list the serial numbers of the actual camera but rather the taking lens. So i doubt there is any way to date the cameras by the lens serial number. I found that he had an 8x10 camera, more Nikon's, many Nikkor lenses, a Hasselblad, and accessories of all sorts. It also said that he had around 4500 original photographs using many formats. I think most of the cameras were spread around to the family and some were sold when this was happening, so who knows where they are all now. Andy
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2011 21:21:05 GMT -5
I have several thousand negs my father shot from the mid 1920s to the 1970s. Don't know what will happen to them when I'm gone. I wanted to get the best ones scanned but I never got around to getting s decent film scanner and now even a good used one is expensive because they don't make 'em any more.
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Post by daveh on Jan 17, 2011 21:25:54 GMT -5
Wayne, photograph them.
Dave.
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