Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 16, 1868 – October 19, 1952) was a photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples. In 1906 J.P. Morgan offered Curtis $75,000 to produce a series on the North American Indian. [6] It was to be in 20 volumes with 1,500 photographs. Morgan was to receive 25 sets and 500 original prints as his method of repayment. Curtis' goal was not just to photograph, but to document, as much American Indian (Native American) traditional life as possible before that way of life disappeared.
Alienated soul
CPRA PRO
CPRA PRO is a Developer/Replanisher produced by the Fuji company in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. It is a chemical that makes the latent image on the film or print visible. It does this by reducing the silver halides that have been exposed to light to metals of elemental silver in the gelatine matrix. As a generalisation, the longer a developer is allowed to work, the greater the degree of reduction of the silver halide crystals to silver and therefore the darker the image.
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Amateur analog light meter
Amateur analog light meter manufactured by Sixon. A light meter is a device used to measure the amount of light. In photography, a light meter is often used to determine the proper exposure for a photograph.
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ORWO "Black-and-White" negative film
ORWO "Black-and-White" negative film for a 6 by 6 camera. It was produced in Wolfen in the German Democratic Republic, probably in the 1980ies. ORWO films became popular i west europe in the 1970s through magazine advertisements for mail order suppliers. It was a cheaper alternative to the mainstream brands available at the time.
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Fujicolor negative 16mm film F 125
Fujicolor negative 16mm film F 125 is unexposed and probably could still be used and developed. 16 mm film was introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1923 as an inexpensive amateur alternative to the conventional 35 mm film format. During the 1920s the format was often referred to as sub-standard film by the professional industry. The advent of television also enhanced the use of 16 mm film, initially by its advantage of cost and portability over early larger television technology.
Splicer
Splicer which has been used until 15 years ago for analog 16mm film editing. The splicer has been manufactured by the Arri company Munich, probably in the 1950ies and 1960ies. It was in use in the film editing studios of the Bavarian broadcasting station, and later in the film school in Munich from where it was stolen approximately in 1994.
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Nikon FE2 and MD12
In the first showcase you see a Nikon Photo camera, a FE2 and an MD12 motor. It is courtesy of Armin Smailovic, a fotografer from Munich, who bought this camera in 1982 and took an estimate number of 30.000 pictures with it. The Nikon FE2 is an advanced semi-professional level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Nippon Kogaku K. K. (Nikon Corporation since 1988) in Japan from 1983 to 1987 (available new from dealer stock until circa 1989).
Phantasmagoria - Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media
Phantasmagoria: Spirit Visions, Metaphors, and Media into the Twenty-first Century. Marina Warner. Oxford University Press. 469 pages. ISBN 0-19-929994-3.
