Paul Citroen's camera

[Henry Yorke]

Hi, everyone.

Does anyone know what kind of camera Paul Citroen is using in this self portrait?

I found the image on this website:

EXHIBITION PAUL CITROEN IN GERMANY - Museum de Fundatie

Many thanks.

 

[Dustin McAmera]

Just from it being about half the height of his head, it's something like a 6.5x9cm, or 9x12cm at most, and I think it's a strut-folding camera with a focal-plane shutter, like a Deckrullo-Nettel or the equivalent from another maker. What we're seeing is the front plate, out on a bellows in front of a wooden box body. On top of the body you can see a knob, which probably winds the focal-plane shutter. On the front plate, the bright item at top right (our top right; remember our view of the camera is reversed left-right in a mirrror)) is the screw that tightens the front rise adjustment. To the left (again, our left) of the front plate you can see the ends of the struts.
Here's the Deckrullo-Nettel, and Ernemann's version of the same thing:

Deckrullo-Nettel - Camera-wiki.org - The free camera encyclopedia

camera-wiki.org

Ernemann Klapp-Camera - Camera-wiki.org - The free camera encyclopedia

camera-wiki.org

 

[Dustin McAmera]

I found this:

PHOTOGRAPHY

PORTRETTEN // voor PS CAMERA Gemaakt met Ernemann tropical klapp camera van kunstenaar Paul Citroen (1896 -1983)

www.imagefever.com

For an exhibition in Hilversum, they gave cameras used by old photographers to current ones, and exhibited both people's photos, and the cameras. One that they used was Paul Citroen's Tropical Ernemann Klapp (so like the one I linked to, but maybe with harder wood, either better leather or no leather, and maybe solid brass metal parts instead of plated steel).

There's a paragraph about the exhibition here (scroll down a bit):

work // CURATORIAL - vankalsbeek

Exhibitions (museum selection) Mens op Zee - Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam INSTALLATION VIEW: Mens op Zee @ Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam Mens op Zee @Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam 07.10.2022 - 02.07.2023 Dutch National Portrait Gallery invited me to curate the exhibition Humans at...

www.vankalsbeek.com

Here's a tropical Klapp:

Ernemann Tropical Klapp - Antique and Vintage Cameras

 

[Mr Flibble]

It appears to be an Ernemann Klapp like Dustin suggests (mirror image and in the portrait-orientation)

 

[koraks]

It appears to be an Ernemann Klapp like Dustin suggests (mirror image and in the portrait-orientation)

Thanks for chiming in; I had sort of hoped you would!

 

[Henry Yorke]

Many thanks, everyone.

Dustin - appreciate the links.