In 1992 Sir Mix-a-Lot had a Graflex Speed Graphic in his video for “Baby Got Back”. Produced by Graflex in Rochester, New York, the Speed Graphic is commonly called the most famous press camera. Although the first Speed Graphic cameras were produced in 1912, production of later versions continued until 1973; with the most significant [...]
Tags: butt, Crown Graphic, Graflex, large format, Pacemaker, Photography, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Speed Graphic
With a Minolta 7000 AF, an Olympus OM (possibly M-1 og OM-2), and a third unidentified camera Flødeklinikken let’s three girls shoot eachother for their 2011 video “Piger med pistoler” (“Girls with Guns”). Picture by Steve Harwood Picture by Spyros Bouboukas If you can identify the third camera, please let us know. We just gots [...]
Tags: 7000 AF, Flødeklinikken, Maxxum, Minolta, Olympus
In 1985 Elton John used the Nikon FM2 with a MD-12 motordrive to capture the beautiful borderguard in the video for “Nikita”. Obviously he hadn’t done a lot of zooming prior to the video shoot. Picture by David Guimarães The FM2n (1983) was available in either black or chrome finish. The camera is fully mechanical; [...]
Tags: e-6, ektachrome, Elton John, FM2, Fuji, Fujifilm, Kodak, md-12, md12, music video, Nikita, Nikon, Velvia
Philosopher and Georgia Tech professor Ian Bogost talks about Garry Winogrand. Bonus info: The image that appears at 3:21 is shot in Copenhagen. Seeing Things – OOOIII from Ian Bogost on Vimeo. Via Petapixel
Tags: aarh, Garry Winogrand, Ian Bogost, Philosophy, street photography
More Richard Misrach here.
Tags: 35mm, Hurricane Katrina, Photography, point and shoot, Richard Misrach