Monthly Archives: December 2008
The Accidental Photographer
I’ve taken a few good pictures. I often wonder if they were an accident or whether I’m any good at this thing. There’s an age old debate about whether the camera takes the pictures or the photographer. If you ask me it’s a little bit of column A and a little bit of column B. [...]
Week 8 – Pulitzer 1950 – Near Collision at Air Show – Bill Crouch
An action shot with a 4×5. You have to pay respects. Camera 4 x 5 Speed Graphic Film Kodak In front of 60,000 air show fans Chet Derby was performing stunts in a biplane. For the final stunt Derby was carrying out an upside down loop-the-loop, leaving a smoke trail which 3 B-29 Superfortresses were [...]
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