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| The Pacemaker at Beijing 2008! | |
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| Gully Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 8 |  Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: The Pacemaker at Beijing 2008!I was looking at the image galleries on an italian newspaper site and there was a gallery dedicated to men on the other side of camera. I began "to scroll" that gallery and the third image was http://www.repubblica.it/2008/08/olimpiadi/gallerie/varie-varie/fotografi/3.html the camera is surely a pre 1955 Pacemaker, but I can't understand if it is a Speed or a Crown. Nothing to say but WHAT A LONG SERVICE LIFE!!  Gully | ||||
| willysmb Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 128 | Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:32 pm Hello Gully The Camera is a Pacemaker, the lens is an Aero Ektar and the photographer is David Burnett (Free Lance and New York Times) I'm surprise that the new paper do not give the name ... Laurent | ||||
| Gully Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 8 | Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:00 pm
Well! First the newspaper is italian and in Italy very few persons not interested in photography know who Burnett is and, second, it is a generic gallery dedicated to the thousands of photograpers ad Beijing and in such case Burnett is one of the many. Gully | ||||
| willysmb Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 128 | Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:08 pm Ho apologies.. But next time, I'll close my mouth when somebody need some informations. | ||||
| Gully Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 8 | Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:34 pm
For what? Your surprise is absolutely justified from a US point of view, from the point of view of an italian newspaper, and in that context, it isn't surprising the newspaper choose not to give the name; assuming that the person who screened the pictures knows who Burnett is and what a Graflex is! Gully | ||||
| mopar_guy Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 126 | Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:21 am Hello, Didn't Mr. Burnett use the same camera four years ago for the Olympics? Dave | ||||
| Gully Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 8 | Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:06 pm
Now that you asked for it, somewhere in a foggy recess of my mind, I remember a topic/discussion/article in the net about a photo-reporter who wanted to use e very dated camera at Olympics. But I can't remember more, either where I read it or the Olympics were at Athens, Sidney or even Atlanta. Gully | ||||
| Gully Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 8 | Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:49 pm
I GOT IT! It wasn't Olympics! Mr. Burnett covered the John Edwards' Presidential Campaign, and Time magazine published the photos made with his Pacemaker Speed Graphic (yes it is a Speed!). Gully | ||||
| mopar_guy Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 126 | Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:17 am Hello, I did a google search on David Burnett and 2004 and it seems that Mr. Burnett did indeed use his 4x5 Speed Graphic to cover both the Kerry presidential campaign and the Athens Olympics in 2004! Anyone interested can easily find info on the web of the photographer and his work. Have to go now, I suddenly find that I have an urge to shoot some film now.  Dave | ||||
| pv17vv Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 255 | Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:55 pm | ||||
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