Classic photographers

[Brian Ellis]

I of course have no personal knowledge of Paul Strand's equipment, my information was taken from various sources but mostly the essay by Richard Benson that I mentioned in my previous post. He says Strand used a Korona and since he worked so closely with Strand it doesn't seem likely that he would be confused but who knows, maybe he was. He doesn't mention a Deardorff in his essay but as someone pointed out the camera that's on the cover of the book Paul Strand: Essays on His Life and Work does look like a Deardorff. That photograph was made by Strand's wife in 1951, maybe by then he switched to Deardorff though Benson says he used the Korona into the late fifties or early sixties as I recall.

[Nick Morris]

Pictures of Strand at work, taken by his wife, in "World at my Doorstep" show him using a Deardorff. Strand, along with Edward Weston, is for me a major inspiration, particulary his later work in France, Italy, Ghana, Scotland, etc.