Photography by Ansel Adams, the Collection of Anne Adams Helms

Went to see Ansel Adams exihibition in South Shore Arts, the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster, Indiana. The exhibition is wonderful and it is rare to see all his 72 prints from different periods of time in one single room. The prints are much better than the reprints in books. 

City of Munster, Indiana

Entrance Board Display

One of My Favorites 

November 15, 2015 – January 24, 2016
Admission: Adults $3, Students/Children $2
VIP Reception: Tuesday, January 19, 2016, 6-8pm
The Center for Visual and Performing Arts
1040 Ridge Road, Munster, Indiana

http://www.southshoreartsonline.org

The Center for Visual and Performing Arts
1040 Ridge Road
Munster, IN 46321
(219) 836-1839

Hours
Monday - Friday, 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday, 10 – 4 pm
Sunday, 12 pm – 4 pm

Deardorff 5x7 Camera

I recently purchased a Deardorff 5x7 camera from a friend of mine and fell in love with it right away. After I searched online for Deardorff 5x7 camera information, I learned that my camera was made during World War II period because the rear standard is made of cedar, not mahogany, the lens boards are 4.5x4.5 inch with round corners, there is no front swing and knobs are nickel plated. Deardorff 5x7 cameras were made without front swings from 1926 to 1949 and there were absolutely no identification of any form on them. 

Below is quoted from Deardorff Historical Web site (Ken Hough)
"Deardorff 5x7 cameras came in 3 styles. The first had the sliding panel lock on the side of the front base with  red wood and lacquered brass (circa 1926). The second version  is red wood with gold hardware (1926-37). The third and final version  was Brownish wood and nickel plated metal. A sub version of this was the WW II production cameras. These camera were made of Spanish Cedar ( yellow in color )  with some mahogany. The metal is nickel plated. These had 4 1/2 X 4 1/2 square cornered lens board on the earlier models and in 1937 went to a 4 1/2 X 4 1/2 rounded cornered lens board. Production ended in 1949 with the introduction of the V4 and V5 with front swings."

Mount Moran, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Kodak Ektar 100, 4x5

Still Life--Flower

Goerz Artar 14", F11, 4x5 Ilford HP5+ 400

Deardorff V8, 4x5 Reduce Back

Seward Harbor, Seward, Alaska

Tachihara 4x5

Seward Harbor on a Cloudy Day, Seward, Alaska (Circa 2014)

Kennecott Copper Mine, Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Chitina, Alaska

Kodak Portra 160, 4x5; (Circa 2014)

Seward United Methodist Church, Seward, Alaska

Fujifilm Acros 100 4x5, Tachihara 4x5 (Circa 2014)

Falling Water, Mill Run, Pennsylvinia

Ilford HP5+ 400, 4x5, Tachihara Field 4x5

Old Illinois State House, Springfield, Illinois

Ilford HP5+ 400 8x10,  Deardorff V8

Hidden Falls, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Fuji Acros 100 4x5

The Snake River, Grant Teton National Park, Wyoming

 Kodak Portra 160, 4x5

The Most Photographed Barn in America: Moulton Barn in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Fuji Acros 100 4x5 (Negative 2x5 inches), July 2015