Re: Ermanox, Salomon, Eisenstaedt

[Alfred Breull <puma@hannover.sgh-net.de>]

Let's not forget Erich Salomon, who made the Ermanox famous once with 
his "candid shots" in 1916+ of members of the German Reichstag also.

His pictures are famous, and - usually - Erich Salomon is said to be 
the first modern photojournalist.

Alf
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At 02:15 26.11.1997 -0400, Paul wrote:
>Sorry, I've lost the original message, but a short time ago someone on 
>the list was asking for information about an old camera; it is a 
>smallish, boxy camera that allows both SLR and ground-glass focusing.
>
>I didn't answer at the time, because I was waiting to see if someone who 
>knows more about cameras from this era would answer. However, since 
>nobody did, I would suggest that it might be an Ermanox.
>
>The Ermanox was important because it was one of the first hand-holdable 
>cameras used for available light work. I think that it had an f/2.8 lens, 
>and took small plates.
>
>Eisenstaedt used one of these for some of his famous early photos, and 
>says in one of his books that he still used it sometimes even after he 
>started using a Leica in the 1920s. Some that I THINK were taken with 
>this camera: his George Bernard Shaw portraits (even a photo of Shaw 
>holding a Leica I), the famous picture of Marlene Dietrich wearing a 
>man's suit, and the photo of the ice-skating waiter holding a tray.
>
>- Paul
>