Category: Did You Know?

Kodak’s Instamatic series of cameras were simple point-and-shoot devices that became hugely popular. The first Instamatic to go on sale in 1963 was USD 16, and between then and 1970, 50 million units of the cameras were produced. It was the first to carry Kodak’s 126 format. DCF 1.0  

Photograph by: Paul Strand Image Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum The photograph above, titled New York (Wall Street), is one of Paul Strand’s most famous and widely produced images. Its eminence originates from Strand’s departure from pictorialism to straight photography, the latter defined by the sharp focus and detail maintained in the image. Shot… Continue reading Beauty in Abstraction and Intimidation