Inspire: American Beauty - Stephen Shore

[johnastovall]

American Beauty, the work and working of Stephen Shore

[Broaden]

Very interesting. That most have been cool working with Warhol. I would sure hate to lug that camera around though. Forgive me but I am only familiar with the digital side of things. What kind of camera is that? Not brand or anything but actual design.

[johnastovall]

Originally Posted by Broaden

Very interesting. That most have been cool working with Warhol. I would sure hate to lug that camera around though. Forgive me but I am only familiar with the digital side of things. What kind of camera is that? Not brand or anything but actual design.

An 8x10 view camera.

[Broaden]

Very cool thanks for the link. So it works kind of like a lens baby of today it looks like. I bet that would be kind of fun to work with minus the size of it.

[johnastovall]

No, it's not kind of lens baby. It's finest device every developed for taking large format images of the highest quality. Go to a photo show where there are 8x10 or better 20x24 inch contract prints and you'll see the reason people use view cameras and film. digital and small formats can't even come close to the image quality and it forces you to really think about the image you are taking.

[Broaden]

Well I guess I worded it wrong as well haha. Lens baby is using it as an idea. I haven't really been to any photo shows and film is actually a bit before my time really. I find it interesting but have no clue about any of it. I need to buy a book someday.

[johnastovall]

Originally Posted by Broaden

Well I guess I worded it wrong as well haha. Lens baby is using it as an idea. I haven't really been to any photo shows and film is actually a bit before my time really. I find it interesting but have no clue about any of it. I need to buy a book someday.

Now is the time of film...

As for a book, Ansel Adams , The Camera.