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  1. Re: MWLFA Large Format Gathering - April 26-27, 2024, Chesterton Indiana

    Thanks for the private messages I have gotten from Large Format Photography Forum users about the Midwest Large Format Asylum annual print review gathering in Chesterton, Indiana. We are meeting...
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    Re: Gatorboard "Ultra" for Camera Builds?

    Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.

    About 10 years ago I built my first 20x24 out of pretty thin black foam board and duct tape. Simple sliding box design. It sat on two sawhorses. That...
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    Re: Who is shooting 20x24 film nowadays?

    Yes ! This is the year of ULF ! Check out the Facebook page "20x24"

    It celebrates the history of ULF and current practices
  4. Re: MWLFA Large Format Gathering - April 26-27, 2024, Chesterton Indiana

    Debejyo - It will be great to see you again and see what you have been up to lately. You get to travel to some cool places.

    One of the things I like best about the event is how friendly and...
  5. Re: MWLFA Large Format Gathering - April 26-27, 2024, Chesterton Indiana

    See you there ! I am always amazed and inspired by the LF works that people come to show. And two great presentations are scheduled - Polly Smith and the 1936 Texas Centennial Orotones and modern...
  6. Re: MWLFA Large Format Gathering - April 26-27, 2024, Chesterton Indiana

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    I have had a number of questions coming in and always happy to answer any DMs

    We will post more details about the event as the date gets closer.....and I...
  7. Re: MWLFA Large Format Gathering - April 26-27, 2024, Chesterton Indiana

    Great - it will be good to see you.

    All are welcome with or without prints to show.
  8. MWLFA Large Format Gathering - April 26-27, 2024, Chesterton Indiana

    Midwest Large Format Asylum (MLFA) print review is an informal gathering of large format photographers to present their prints in a relaxed setting. It provides a platform for non-competitive...
  9. Thread: Why ULF

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    Re: Why ULF

    Corran - one of the things I like best about this forum is the advice and guidance from people with decades more experience - and the ability to ignore anything anyone says. What is a link to the...
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    Re: Hello from Chicago

    Welcome,

    I have found this group very welcoming and particularly good to very specific quesitons and almost as good with the painful ones. Always serach for an answer first on the extensive...
  11. Re: New Here - Searching for Post Mortem Photo by Wm. Paisley Hughes of NC ca 1879-19

    Reach out to Bob Gathany. Great photographer and very knowledable about historical Southern photography

    https://bobgathany.photoshelter.com
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    Re: LF in Sarasota area Feb and March 2024?

    Both locations are certainly worth visiting. When I went to the Venice gallery I happened to be there when they opened the darkroom to visitors. It is one of the great darkrooms ! I do not know...
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    Re: 11x14 Lens Options?

    Greg - could you provide a link to see the 20x24's in your museum?
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    Re: 11x14 Lens Options?

    Greg - You make refernce to a lens - 5.9” No. 5 Gray Periscope.

    I do not know much about optics or the history of lenses. I bought a ULF lens (1000 mm) that was described as a "periscope" lens....
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    Re: LF in Sarasota area Feb and March 2024?

    FONZ, great. I will send you my contact information through a direct message.

    Thanks
    Francis
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    Re: World's largest camera in 1909

    Dann-USA,
    Thanks for tracking this down. The portrait of the wonderfully white bearded man is William Henry Meadows.

    I have read and head that the Smithsonian has some of W. S. Lively's works...
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    LF in Sarasota area Feb and March 2024?

    I will be in Sarasota, Florida in Feb and March of 2024 with my 4x5. If there are others with an interest in meeting up, please let me know.

    I have been to both of Clyde Butcher's galleries and...
  18. Re: Bausch and Lomb lens for 1909 world's largest camera ???

    mhayashi

    Thank you for your reserach and this valuable information. The quote is also very helpful. I will look into it more.

    Francis
  19. Re: Bausch and Lomb lens for 1909 world's largest camera ???

    Jim,
    Thanks for pointing out the the Lawrence camera took a larger image and was built earlier.

    Any idea which lens W. S. Lively might have used?

    Thanks,
    Francis
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    World's largest camera in 1909

    I just posted on the Lens part of the Forum to see if any of those lensheads had ideas about what Bausch and Lomb lens was used in W. S. Lively's 1909 camera, the largest camera at the time.

    I...
  21. Bausch and Lomb lens for 1909 world's largest camera ???

    I am just discovering the career of W. S. Lively, a pominenent American photographer at the turn of the 20th century who lived in McMinnville, Tennessess. He had a studio there for many years and...
  22. Re: September 23, 2023 - Two LF Events in Chicago

    I have gotten a couple of direct messages about the event but I encourge using the public forum to ask questions that are probably a concern to others.

    The early morning shoot along the lake front...
  23. September 23, 2023 - Two LF Events in Chicago

    The Midwest Large Format Asylum has organized two events in Chicago on September 23.

    Photographer and friend of MWLFA, Steve Bennett, is offering an early morning photoshoot along the Chicago...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Pier 24 sounds like a great place but my feet are on the ground in Chicago, the Midwest. So logistically it is easier for me to base an event in this area.
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    TC - another great suggestion. I am impressed with his work and he is deeply, deeply into ULF.

    FF
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Frank,

    1) I used the phrase "prominent/gifted practictioners" to try to describe what I see in the field of ULF. There are some who, through dint of effort have become prominent and well known...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Please elaborate on the "critical mass". I know that there are some prominent/gifted practictioners but are there facilities or potential partner organizations you are thinking of?
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    I am sorry I missed Tillman Crane's Mammoth Camera workshops as well as Southern California gatherings you put on with Tri Tran, and Hugo Zhang. Tillman's were before I was really aware of ULF but...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Was 2013 the year of ULF ?

    I am looking for examples for exhibits and shows in the past that focused on ultra large format as a theme. The only one I have found so far is the 2013 show at the...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    I agree. This is a shot suited for that size. But some 4x5 are improved by a larger size as you point out.

    Do you have any photographers who work in ULF you admire? I have examples of some on...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Vaugh - that is a topic I wanted to explore. It used to be that you HAD to have a large negative to make a large print. Then enlarging changed that and then digital got us even further removed from...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Havoc, I was having fun with the fact that the upcoming year (2024) corresponds to one of the ULF format sizes (20x24). Just looking for an excuse to explore and celebrate ultra large photography. ...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Tin Can - thoughtful questions. My thought was to create a site to discuss and celebrate the field of ultra large photography, not just 20x24 inch works. Would you mind sharing your thoughts about...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Hugo,

    You are clearly not alone in your feelings towards Facebook. This forum is a very special place - an invaluable and repected connection that links so many in the LF community. I will...
  35. Re: I want to have a LF and ULF photog get together in Toronto/GTA , Who is intereste

    I have interest, expecially if you can get Bill Hao there.

    My challenge is family health issues....may not be available till 2024
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Frank, is that you?

    That was the 2016 workshop we took together at Common Commons taught by David Speltz and Richard Ritter. I had ordered a camera from Richard and went to the workshop to meet...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Yes, that was me too.....and in 1117 before that. But 2024 is the big one.

    In any event, please check out the page and react/add to it. Surely you know some current and historical people who...
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    Re: 2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    Let us get through 2024 first before we think of that !

    The Facebook page welcome comments and recomendations for Current and Past Masters of ULF. I am hoping there is interest in people with an...
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    2024 is the year of ultra large photography

    2024 is the year to celebrate ultra large format photography!

    The coincidental alignment of the upcoming calendar year and the most common size of ultra large format photography is a good enough...
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    Re: Jobo expert drum and fiber based print

    I think i have seen some sort of jobo clips on line for holding 20x24 paper in place in a drum. Am I rembembering correctly? Do they work?
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