My late wife, Ruth, in the Sedestal on our way from Bergen to Oslo in Norway.
4 July 1955. Scanned from 35mm Kodachrome and not enhanced.
My wife Fran in Lugano, Switzerland, 1985. Kodacolor.
Part of an exhibition of my photos at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, 2008. Kodak Plus-X and Tri-X film.
Author David McCullough, 1981
Illustrator Edward Gorey, 1982
Author Alec Wilkinson, 1982
Author Alex Theroux, 1981
Sculptor Joyce Johnson, 1981
Sculptor Arnold Geissbuhler, 1981
Instant Analog Photography
Taken in available light with a Polaroid 4x5 inch back attached to a Calumet view camera.
These were taken on Type 108 color film and not color corrected in Photoshop.
This photo was brightened by 35 in Photoshop.
Photographed with available light on Type 55, Polapan 200, same equipment and setup.
I photographed their mother in available light with an Arca Swiss Polaroid back on a 500C Hasselblad with Polaroid Type 44 pack film.
This was taken also in available light against a color background using Type 108 film.
The photo has been color corrected in Photoshop.
Instant Analog Photography
It still works well after almost 50 years of age and use.
The first Polaroid camera to use a drop-in film pack, a significant leap from the roll film of the first generation of camera models.
It's too bad that Lady Johnson was instrumental in getting Land to concentrate on the SX-70 concept (she objected to the trash collected in the National Parks that consisted of so many Polaroid pull apart negatives) because IMO it took better photos than my SX-70.
My daughter, taken with a Model 100 and Type 42 film and available light in the breezeway between our home and my workshop.
Another Model 100 photo of my daughter on Type 108 color film in the same location.
The paper mural she created is hung behind her as a backdrop. I probably used a tripod.
Another breezeway photo using Type 108 film, this time in front of a sheet of black Formica.
These three shots were deliberate and posed, as opposed to the "grab shots" that follow.
My daughter working in my studio on a school project.
The light is from a skylight and the film is Type 42.
A sculptor as well as graphic artist, here she is in a grab shot of a snow cat she made.
Shot with Type 42 film.
Buffy, the cat model, caught examining the sculpture with a bit of annoyance, I think.
Unlike digital photogaphy, these came to life instantly as photos in hand to be passed around and enjoyed.
Published in 1969 and sold as a trade book by Doubleday, this title contained Type 108 color and Types 42 and 44 black-and-white photos that I took with off the shelf Model 100, 350, and Colorpack II cameras.
Scroll down for examples of photos taken with this extraordinary camera.
