The good death | Marcello Lemos
Grand places, once abandoned, are haunted by poetry and memory. They provoke a defiant wish for their revival. But is it possible? To keep vigil over the past, or to resurrect it to a new present?
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The Family of Man | Edward Steichen
The book is the catalog of what was probably the most influential photography exhibition in history. The Family of Man represents the pinnacle of humanist photography.
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Graflex Speed Graphic 23, the Baby | Graflex
Miniaturization of the famous 1912 Speed Graphic which was offered in 4×5″ and 5×7″. The “miniature” accepts 2¼ x 3¼” plates and also 120 film with Graflex’s own original adapters.
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Chromatic aberration
How to deal with the fact that each color focuses on a different plane? Understand what it is and the strategies to reduce but also use spherical aberration as an aesthetic resource.
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Ultra | Clement et Gilmer
An interesting camera, it uses the practical “American system” with a compartment on the back that can hold up to 3 double chassis for boards. When closed, it looks like a small suitcase, increasing its portability.
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Professional Portrait Lightings | Charles Abel
A compendium of portraits taken in the 1940s in the United States with all the details of light, camera, lens and even film used.
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Yashica D | Yashica
Yashica launched its first 6×6 cm in 1953. It quickly became Japan’s largest camera company. More affordable than the Rolleiflex, but with excellent build quality, they were widely used by advanced amateurs and professionals alike.
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Vito B | Voigtlander
A compact 35mm, very well made and all manual. A camera that was popular and usually came with excellent optics, the Color-Skopar 50mm
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Spherical aberration
The secret of soft focus lenses, spherical aberration, is an insurmountable barrier in the quest for sharpness in photographic images.
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Joanópolis | Décio Badari
The simplest and most direct role of photography is to record the photographer’s own day-to-day life. Unpretentious but very attentive, Décio Badari shows affection for his subjects by making full use of photography’s plastic resources to create images that tell stories and evoke memories. This is photography at its best.
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Panoram | Eastman Kodak
9x30cm negatives on roll film covering an angle of 142º. The rotating lens system allows for very convincing panoramic shots, even with a simple lens, just a meniscus.
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A History of Photography | George Eastman House
It’s a good reference book to have and flick through, but don’t expect any new points of view or depth on any topic, as the scope is from 1939 to the 1990s. Although small in size, with 760 pages, it is very well printed and very rich in the images chosen to illustrate it.
