Great story, fine images!
Great story, fine images!
Rings true and the only way to improve the story is if the eBay seller was in Tonopah.
I call that type story, a Bar Story, which are usually true and told quickly, before teller loses his audience.
Good one!
Tin Can
Was there any hint in that lot of odds-n-ends of who actually manufactured the Bi-Quality lenses? One of the great mysteries of large format photography!
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
If I remember rightly, Frank Pechman (1911-2004) was a well-known portrait photographer. From what I read he organized a later production run of Bi-Quality lenses, but that's purely from memory.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Thanks for all the comments. Does anyone remember which book references Edward Weston calling his Guggenheim $$$ 1938 Ford that he and Charis drove all over the west La Puta Negra. (The Black Whore). Mostly Charis calls it Heimy after Henry Ford. I was trying to find the reference in California and the West but didn't stumble onto it. Maybe it was in Charis' book Through Another Lens.
As I recall, the Ford was called 'Heimy' after the Guggenheim grant. They bought the least expensive two-door sedan, in black to save a few dollars, and later regretted that decision while traveling in the desert. I can't remember which book that's from, but I do admire your '38 coupe.
A bit late to the party but thanks for sharing Jim ... great images and clearly a one-of-a-kind lens !
Rudi A.
Like DAGOR77's listings, the stories are often even better than the objects. Thanks for posting it.
Wilhelm (Sarasota)
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