Favourite image of game changers in photography

[cliveh]

I thought it may be interesting to start a thread showing our favourite image of great game changers in the evolution of film photography. I will kick off with this one of Oskar.

 

[Sirius Glass]

And who might Oskar be?

 

[whlogan]

I'll take a shot.

Oskay Barnack, mayhap?

Logan

 

[bdial]

And who might Oskar be?

I believe Oskar would be Oskar Barnack who came up with a cute little still camera that used movie film while working at a German optics company in the early 1900's

I guess a thread of game changers would need to include George;

 

[bsdunek]

Oskar sure had a cool car!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Hint: George established his film company in Rochester New York because Rochester is the world's largest natural darkroom.

 

[removed account4]

im game


Emmanuel Radnitzky

 

[NB23]

HOLGA

 

[NB23]

DIANA

 

[Jeff Kubach]

Oskar sure had a cool car!

+1

Jeff

 

[pbromaghin]

Dunker Church, I'd say.

http://mrnussbaum.com/artists/matthew_brady/

 

[Dr Croubie]

Possibly the first (or at least the first well known) 'photoshopped' photo (or at least a multiple-negative composite and a whole lot of dodging and burning), from 1857:

Courtesy of here. Apparently so controversial at the time that it splintered the Photographic Society of Scotland.

 

[snapguy]

no photo

I don't have any photo but I would like to suggest some names --
Al Ziemerz, the guy who invented the selfie;
Larry Labdork, the Kodak engineer who invented the digital camera and wrecked the company;
Dannie Deathroe, the dude who invented the cell phone camera.

 

[cliveh]

I thought it may be interesting to start a thread showing our favourite image of great game changers in the evolution of film photography. I will kick off with this one of Oskar.

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As a matter of interest, can anyone tell me what car Oskar is standing next to. It is rather cool.

 

[wmoore]

As a matter of interest, can anyone tell me what car Oskar is standing next to. It is rather cool.

Oskar Barnack’s nephew Karl Alexander reported that his uncle never wanted a car, preferring to walk, but that he finally gave in to the family’s wishes. In his family photo albums, several images show this car. The number plate IT 88441 was issued by the county of Hessen-Nassau, which includes Wetzlar. It is a “Wanderer” with a six-cylinder motor of 1.7 or 2 litres cubic capacity and 35 or 40 HP. Four doors made it easy to get in and out. The car was nicknamed “Schwarzer Peter” or “Black Peter”, but Barnack refused to take any responsibility for it. There is not a single image with him in the driver’s seat. Often, his son-in-law poses at the steering wheel. The present images are photographs of a pause, once taken with a wide-angle lens, once with a longer focal distance, with Barnack leaning against the car. He seems exhausted. The well-kept suit, the elegant bowtie indicate that Barnack has reached his goal, the Leica III is finished; the photos were taken in 1934 or 1935.

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[Sirius Glass]

Welcome t APUG, wmoore!

 

[cliveh]

Oskar Barnack’s nephew Karl Alexander reported that his uncle never wanted a car, preferring to walk, but that he finally gave in to the family’s wishes. In his family photo albums, several images show this car. The number plate IT 88441 was issued by the county of Hessen-Nassau, which includes Wetzlar. It is a “Wanderer” with a six-cylinder motor of 1.7 or 2 litres cubic capacity and 35 or 40 HP. Four doors made it easy to get in and out. The car was nicknamed “Schwarzer Peter” or “Black Peter”, but Barnack refused to take any responsibility for it. There is not a single image with him in the driver’s seat. Often, his son-in-law poses at the steering wheel. The present images are photographs of a pause, once taken with a wide-angle lens, once with a longer focal distance, with Barnack leaning against the car. He seems exhausted. The well-kept suit, the elegant bowtie indicate that Barnack has reached his goal, the Leica III is finished; the photos were taken in 1934 or 1935.

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Thanks for such an informative post.

 

[AgX]

It even got car-radio.

 

[Richard Man]

For Oskar Barnack, one of his hiking pictures should be used. After all, it's his asthma that made him difficult to hike with his 8x10 that inspired him to invent the Leica!

This is a game changer because it inspired certain someone to pick up the camera, which in turn inspired generations of photogs:

 

[removed account4]

im game


Emmanuel Radnitzky

oh, i forgot to say why ...

its because he invented/thought about/ did so many things for the first time ( or capitalized on other people's "stuff" )
that we take for granted today ... solarizations, abstractions/visual puns, photograms ... ( for example )

 

[Shawn Rahman]

For Oskar Barnack, one of his hiking pictures should be used. After all, it's his asthma that made him difficult to hike with his 8x10 that inspired him to invent the Leica!

This is a game changer because it inspired certain someone to pick up the camera, which in turn inspired generations of photogs:

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Simply a TERRIFIC image. I saw this image first while reading HCB's assessment of it at the same time. I think even if I hadn't, I would have loved it.