• Welcome to Photrio!
    Registration is fast and free. Join today to unlock search, see fewer ads, and access all forum features.
    Click here to sign up

Carl Størmer

gr82bart

Member
Allowing Ads
Joined
Mar 1, 2003
Messages
5,591
Location
Los Angeles and Toronto
Format
Multi Format
This Norwegian mathematician and physicist built his own spy camera when he was a 19 year old student to take unsuspecting pics In the 1890s....

https://thornews.com/2014/02/24/norways-first-paparazzi-carl-m-stormer-1874-1957/

https://www.boredpanda.com/spy-camera-secret-street-photography-carl-stormer-norway/

https://www.hankermag.com/secret-street-photography-with-spy-camera-carl-stomer/

He was also a reknown auroral photographer, but there very few of those photos online. Here,s an article:

https://www.altamuseum.no/en/exhibi...irkeland-jubileet-manedens-gjenstand-november

http://www.libraryoflight.org.uk/post/97212952439/image-above-carl-störmer-with-an-auroral-camera

All Very cool
Enjoy
Regards, Art