HELMUT NEWTON QUOTE

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Famed photographer Helmut Newton once quipped, "I'm not an intellectual. I just take pictures." LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - National Geographic Magazine, first published in 1888, helped popularize nature photography and photography of exotic peoples and locales. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

AURA YOU FAMILIAR WITH KIRLIAN PHOTOGRAPHY?

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Kirlian Photography, the supposed photography of the human aura, would seem at first glance to be something that developed from the New Age philosophy. However, the underlying science of this unique branch of photography dates to the era of the American Revolution. So, perhaps a better term for aura imaging might be Old Age. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

BEND IT LIKE EASTMAN

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - The adoption of cellulose nitrate as a film base in 1889 by the Eastman Co., introduced film that was both transparent and flexible. This made photography much more available to the general public. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

DO YOU LEICA TAKING PICTURES?

HISTORY'S TIDBITS - The introduction of the 35mm Leica camera in 1925 revolutionized photography by introducing an unprecedented degree of portability that changed the art and science of taking pictures forever. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

LAND SIX FEET UNDER

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - In 2001, a decade after his death, Edwin H. Land must have rolled over in his grave when the Polaroid Corp. the company he founded, declared bankruptcy. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

BYRD OF THE BEATLES

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Bisbee Arizona photographer Richard Byrd toured for a short time with the Beatles in the mid 1960's, photographing the iconic rock band.. He lost his first paycheck as the band's photographer in a poker game the same evening he received it. He had to sign the entire check over to John Lennon. Larry Elkins - Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

KWANON

I SAY KWANON - YOU SAY CANON - LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF. Well, luckily they didn't. The Kwanon was introduced in the mid Thirties. Over 75 years later, Kwanon - er - Canon is still going strong. Actually, the change in spelling from Kwanon to Canon was instituted early on. Whether Kwanon or Canon, the brand is named for the Buddhist goddess of mercy. Today, Canon has diversified and is as known for its printer products as for its cameras. Still, as a major camera and lens producer, Canon has made its mark on the world of photography.

GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE

THE PEOPLE OF THE GULF REGION, NOT TONY HAYWARD, DESERVE TO GET THEIR LIVES BACK. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS

BYE BYE FILM

FUTURE'S TIDBIT -- That's right. We're gonna inogurate a bran noo lite harted feechur. Evry so oftejn, Weel go bak too thah fyoocher. - Film is so yesterday. In the very near future, film will join tintype, albumen and cyanotype as an alternative photographic process. For good or bad, it's the wave of the future. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

CANDID CAMERA

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - As cameras got smaller, candid photography became more viable. Today's high end point &shoots are ideal for the art form. Larry Elkins Elkinsphotos Fne Art Photography

A HEAD OF THE GAME

HISTORY"S TIDBIT - One early photo manipulation involved a photograph of President Abraham Lincoln. The photo actually showed Lincoln's head atop the body of Southern politician John Calhoun. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS

NEWS ALERT

NEWS ALERT - THE GULF COAST BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE U.S. IT IS NOT A SUBSIDIARY OF B.P. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

GULF OIL SPILL UPDATE

GULF OIL SPILL - WHILE IT'S TOO LITTLE TOO LATE, LET'S PRAY THAT THE TOP KILL IS SUCCESSFUL. THEN LET'S HOPE SERIOUS EFFORTS AT CLEANING UP THE OIL ALREADY RELEASED INTO THE ENVIRONMENT BEGIN. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

DISASTER IN THE GULF

DISASTER IN THE GULF - There is no question that the oil spill in the Gulf is a massive ecological and economic disaster. But this tragedy is like a giant octopus, its tentacles stretching out in every direction. And one of the groups this will devastate is the photographic community. I was just watching James Carville and Mary Matlin on the news. They toured the Louisiana wetlands today. Their assessment is that the marshes are already dying. And it is also their assessment is that no one is doing anything to stop the advancement of the sludge. The ecological and economic consequences are unimaginable. However, and I realize that in a sense this is a lesser concern, we in the photographic community will be among the losers. These wetlands were a photographer's paradise. Now because of greed, ineptitude and, most likely, criminality, these exquisitely beautiful natural wonders are in jeopardy. Shame on us. Shame on all of us. Shame on the "Drill baby, drill" crowd, shame on the federal bureaucracy, and shame on corporations who place their greed above the good of Planet Earth. I honestly can't comprehend the massive amount of work that will need to take place. but we need to do something. And even a single step like this post, tiny as it is, constitutes a beginning. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

INSTAMATIC

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - THE INSTAMATIC CAMERA WAS AN INEXPENSIVE, EASY TO LOAD CAMERA INTRODUCED BY KODAK IN 1963. The camera line was quite successful. The original Instamatic used a 126 film cartridge. In 1972, Kodak introduced the smaller Pocket Instamatic which utilized its new 110 film cartridge. Larry Elkins - Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

THE LONG EXPOSURE

HISTORY"S TIDBIT - Early photographic exposure times could be up to eight hours. Larry Elkins - Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES

HISTORY'S TIDBITS - HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES: STUDIES AMONG THE TENEMENTS OF NEW YORK was a pioneering work of photojournalism. This book of photographs by former police reporter Jacob Riis, published in 1890, detailed the deplorable conditions that existed in New York City's slums. HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVED was instrumental in informing the public of just how bad were the conditions suffered by those unfortunates who inhabited the city's slums. Riis' works served as a basis for modern photojournalism. Larry Elkins ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

ROGUES GALLERY

HISTORY'S TIDBITS - Rogues Galleries were collections of mugshots. These rogues galleries enabled law enforcement agencies to identify and keep track of criminals. Larry Elkins ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

DISPLAY

HISTORY'S TIDBIT -In 1987, Thomas Knoll developed a a program called DISPLAY designed to display grey scale images. Knoll subsequently up-graded his program into a full fledged image editing program which he renamed PHOTOSHOP. Larry Elkins Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

ELKINS PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY

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SHE MARRIED WYATT EARP - NOT REALLY

IS SHE OR ISN'T SHE? THE STRANGE CASE OF JOSIE MARCUS EARP - ABOUT THREE DECADES AGO, A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE, GLENN G. BOYER, EDITED THE MEMOIRS OF JOSEPHINE MARCUS. The result was the publication of the book 'I MARRIED WYATT EARP - THE RECOLLECTIONS OF JOSEPHINE SARAH MARCUS EARP' edited by Glenn G. Boyer. The book, a controversial handling of the infamous Earp - Marcus decades long love affair, spawned a TV movie starring Bruce Boxleitner as Wyatt Earp and Marie Osmond as Josie Marcus. So, what does this have to do with the history of photography? Well, that all has to do with the controversy surrounding the true pedigree of a semi nude portrait, purportedly of Josie Marcus, that Glenn used as a cover illustration for his book. The use of this photograph has spurred a bitter quarrel among experts as to the photo's authenticity. I'm not interested in taking sides in the argument over the portrait. If you're interested in pursuing the question, you can follow the blow by blow verbal fisticuffs online. My point is that for good or bad, this now iconic photograph will forever be entwined with the Earp - Clanton - Tombstone - OK Corral gunfight mythology. In a very real sense, the actual facts no longer matter. The history of the Gunfight at OK Corral has become so mired in legend and mythology that fact has become obscured by fiction. Just as it does not matter that the gunfight did not actually take place inside the corral, it no longer matters whether the photograph is genuine. Of much more importance is that countless viewers of the blockbuster movie 'TOMBSTONE' watched as Josie had that very photo taken at Fly's Photography Studio as the infamous gunfight was taking place in the corral next door. Never mind that neither Glenn nor his critics contend that the photo was made during the gunfight or at C. S. Fly's studio, All that really matters is that it was portrayed that way on the big screen. Larry Elkins Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - In the last week, I have instituted a daily photo blog hosted by the AMINUS3 COMMUNITY - http://elkinsphotos-gallery.aminus3.com Larry Elkins elkinsphotos.com

WRITE - LIGHT

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - The word photography is formed by two Greek words - light and write. So the term photography means to write (or draw) with light. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

SCENE OF THE CRIME - SAY CHEESE

A SHORT HISTORY OF CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY - THE EARLIEST DAYS OF CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY EVOLVED IN CONSORT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUSTICE POLICIES AND THE FORENSIC SCIENCES. With the advent of photography, it quickly became apparent that this new medium afforded a means of accurately documenting various aspects of a crime scene. Alphonse Bertillon, a French criminologist, was one of the earliest practitioners of the art of crime scene photography. Bertillon developed systems for photo documenting both crime suspects and crime scenes. Even before the dawn of the 20th Century however, Bertillon's reputation had suffered due to his involvement in the unfortunate Dreyfus affair. In the intervening decades, the science of crime scene investigation and forensic photography in particular,has evolved exponentially. One important aspect of crime scene photography is that it freezes time, allowing for later viewing of the crime scene as it existed close to the time the crime took place. Today, trace evidence photography using infrared and ultraviolet light provides even more options.

291

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - 291 was shorthand for #291 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. This was the address of the Little Galleries of the Photo Secession, created and managed by photographer Alfred Steiglitz, and which opened its doors in 1905. Originally envisioned as a photo gallery, 291, as it became known, evolved into an American showcase for European art. A dozen years later, following the U.S. entry into World War One, the gallery closed its doors. LARRY ELKINS - ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

CHARIS WILSON

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Charis Wilson was the wife and model of famed photographer Edward Weston. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

(ROLLEI) FLEX YOUR MUSCLES

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - 1928 - ROLLEI INTRODUCES THE ROLLEIFLEX, A HIGH END TWIN LENS REFLEX CAMERA. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

HAPPY 40TH ANNUAL EARTH DAY

HAPPY 40TH ANNUAL EARTH DAY - MAKE EVERY DAY EARTH DAY. THIS IS THE ONLY EARTH WE'VE GOT.

IT IS APRIL FOOLS DAY, ISN'T IT?

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Question #1; Who founded the Eastman Kodak Company? Question #2: What was the name of Brett Weston's father? Question #3: Who wears a red & white suit and lives at the North Pole? Answers: On April1st. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

BUTCH AND SUNDANCE SHARED A MISTRESS

LITTLE DETAIL IS ACTUALLY KNOWN OF THE LIFE OF ETTA PLACE WHO WAS THE MISTRESS OF BOTH BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. The only known photograph of Etta Place is a formal portrait taken with Sundance in New York City prior to Butch, Sundance and Etta booking passage on the S.S. Herminious bound for South America. It is believed that Butch and Sundance perished in South America at the hands of Pinkerton Agents though there are rumors they survived. Etta's fate is also unknown. One theory is that all three survived and later resided together on a ranch in Mexico. LARRY ELKINS Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

A QUESTION OF CLASS - PHOTOS THAT IS

REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE GETTING YOUR CLASS PHOTO TAKEN BACK IN THE - OH - SAY THE MID SIXTIES? On the big day, you'd wear a white dress shirt and a spiffy tie and Mom would make sure your hair was combed (and spray a goodly amount of sticky hairspray on the do just to make sure it didn't - get mussed up that is). And a few weeks later, the photo package would arrive. The wallet sized snaps would be handed out to Grandpa and Grandma, Auntie Mildred and little Suzy Mae next door. The larger photos would be framed with one kept by Mom and Dad and the rest would wind up as Christmas presents. But all that is prehistory. Nowadays, Senior pictures as they're now known, comprise a specialty that rivals wedding photography both in technical sophistication and cost. In my opinion, it's a shame, but there's no going back. So, Mom and Dad, just grit your teeth and ante up. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS

COMING SOON - THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

COMING SOON - A HISTORY OF CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY - LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS

ONE EGG OVER EASY-THE ALBUMEN PROCESS

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - In the mid 1880's, the albumen process became popular. This coating for photographic print paper consisted of a mixture of egg white and salt. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS.COM

EIGHT HOUR EXPOSURE

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - The exposure time for the Nicephore Niepce photograph, believed to have been the world's first permanent photographic image, was a whopping eight hours. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

OOH LA LA - THE FRENCH POSTCARD

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - The Victorians are renowned for their uptight attitudes. Piano legs were covered with stockings so that the bare (wooden) legs would not be exposed and the term white meat came into vogue to avoid using the word breast. And yet Victorian men went ga-ga over risque French postcards that depicted buxom young ladies in various states of undress. These photographic representations of nude and semi-nude ladies enjoyed a huge popularity among Victorian gentlemen. Hypocrisy, thy name is Victorian. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

ELKINSPHOTOS-MORE THAN A HISTORY BLOG

BE SURE TO VISIT OUR OTHER PHOTO BLOG http://elkinsphotos-bisbee.blogspot.com and my web photo gallery http://www.elkinsphotos.com. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

BISBEE MINING AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - The Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum houses an impressive archive of historical photographic materials relating to early day Bisbee Arizona. ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

ANNA ATKINS

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Anna Atkins was a Nineteenth Century nature photographer and botanist. Atkins's photographs of plant specimens were printed using the Cyanotype process. In 1843, Atkins published a book of her photographs entitled BRITISH ALGAE: CYANOTYPE IMPRESSIONS. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

I SAY LENS-YOU SAY PINHOLE,

LONG BEFORE THE INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY, THE CAMERA OBSCURA AFFORDED THE VIEWER A TWO DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF THE THREE DIMENSIONAL WORLD. This primitive device, was simply a darkened room or tent with a tiny pinhole in one wall that projected an upside down image of a scene onto the opposite wall, A huge leap forward in technology was made in the year 1558 when, in his treatise entitled NATURAL LIGHT, Giovanni Battista della Porta described the process by which an optical lens could be used in place of the pinhole to create a far superior image. It would, however, take four more centuries before true photography would take its place on the world stage. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHED

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - The first known photograph of lightning was made by daguerreotypist Thomas Easterly in the mid 1800's. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

THE DEATH OF PAINTING

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - WITH THE ADVENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY, MANY FINE ART PAINTERS PREDICTED THAT THE INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY WOULD BE THE DEATH KNELL OF THEIR MEDIUM. Happily, the rumors of the death of painting proved to be wildly overblown. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS

MOON TO EARTH: SAY CHEESE

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - The first photo of the earth taken from the vicinity of the moon on 8/23/1966 from a lunar orbiter. As space images go, it wasn't pretty. that hardly mattered though. IT WAS THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EARTH TAKEN FROM THE MOON. LARRY ELKINS ELKINSPHOTOS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY

BIRTH OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published in 1888. However, it would not be until the early 20th Century that the magazine morphed from a scientific journal to a magazine noted for its pictorial content. Larry Elkins Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Famed Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw was also an accomplished amateur photographer. Larry Elkins Elkinsphotos Fine ArtPhotography

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Famed landscape photographer Ansel Adams once said, "There are no rules for good photographs. There are only good photographs.". Larry Elkins elkinsphotos.com

FULL DEMI

The August 1991 photo of a nude and very pregnant Demi Moore by photographer Annie Lebowitz for the cover of Vanity Fair Magazine created a major controversy and coined the phrase Full Demi. It also created a boon for portrait photographers when pregnant women all over the country decided that they wanted sexy nude and semi nude photos of themselves taken during various stages of their pregnancies. The desire for pregnant boudoir portraits has not abated. Today, the controversy surrounding the photo seems somewhat dated. One thing is certain. We've come a long way since Lucille Ball appeared on TV obviously pregnant and yet the word pregnant was not allowed to be used. Larry Elkins Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

ACCURATE AVEDON

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Famed fashion photographer Richard Avedon once stated, "All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.". LARRY ELKINS elkinsphotos.com

DIANA ARBUS 360

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Influential Twentieth Century American photographer Diana Arbus once photographed the infant son of socialite, heiress, fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt. The baby's name was Anderson Cooper. He was not yet ready for prime time. His CNN gig was still years in the future. Larry Elkins elkinsphotos.com

OLIVER WENDELL HOME STEREO VIEWER

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - Did you know that famed American jurist and U. S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1855, invented a highly popular stereoscopic viewer. What's that you say? Holmes didn't invent a stereo viewer? Oh, I get it. It was Holmes' father, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. who was into photography. Junior merely practiced law. Larry Elkins Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

ELKINSPHOTOS.COM

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WHAT A VIEW - MASTER

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - "What a view, master!", the genie exclaimed. One of my fondest memories of growing up in the fifties and sixties involved playing with the View-master stereoscopic photographic viewer. While the roots of the view-master date back to the 1939 New York World's Fair, the height of the view master craze stretched from the 1950's to the mid 1960's. The popular disks from that period ranged from eye popping scenics to animated Disney characters. The view-master is still being sold today although its popularity has been largely supplanted by the high tech toys that abound in today's market. Larry Elkins Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography