Will, so nice to meet. Sorry I missed your presentation ( somebody had to pick up the our catering order!) but your website shows how dedicated and skilled you are.
Next year I won’t miss it.
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Will, so nice to meet. Sorry I missed your presentation ( somebody had to pick up the our catering order!) but your website shows how dedicated and skilled you are.
Next year I won’t miss it.
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Chuck - it was a pleasure to see you again - and your work. Nothing as good as real conversation and real prints. We have posted a summary of Diwan’s talk about his work with using x-ray film in his...
Looking forward to seeing any Large Format Photography Forum members at the upcoming Midwest Large Format Asylum event April 26 and 27 in Chesterton, Indiana. Midwest Large Format Asylum (MLFA)...
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...
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...
Yes ! This is the year of ULF ! Check out the Facebook page "20x24"
It celebrates the history of ULF and current practices
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...
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...
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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...
Great - it will be good to see you.
All are welcome with or without prints to show.
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...
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...
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...
Reach out to Bob Gathany. Great photographer and very knowledable about historical Southern photography
https://bobgathany.photoshelter.com
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...
Greg - could you provide a link to see the 20x24's in your museum?
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....
FONZ, great. I will send you my contact information through a direct message.
Thanks
Francis
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...
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...
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Thank you for your reserach and this valuable information. The quote is also very helpful. I will look into it more.
Francis
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
TC - another great suggestion. I am impressed with his work and he is deeply, deeply into ULF.
FF
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...
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?
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
I have interest, expecially if you can get Bill Hao there.
My challenge is family health issues....may not be available till 2024
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...
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...