Photogravure is an intaglio printmaking or photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio print that can reproduce the detail and continuous tones of a photograph.

Photogravure – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(via Photogravure.com | The Art of the Photogravure)

family by thart2009 on Flickr.

A “starter lens” for 8×10.. by thart2009 on Flickr.

The mechanical parts of this are amazing. Such a different era of lens making.

salvadorsanvicente:

In 1970 Don McCullin was in Cambodia working for his newspaper. He was shooting with a Nikon F (black) and was shot by a Cambodian soldier. His Nikon stopped the ak-47 round from killing him.

salvadorsanvicente:

David Douglas Duncan‘s Leica M3, a camera that captured some of the most well known war images along with incredible portraits of his good friend Pablo Picasso. It was just sold for $2.19 million,making it the most expensive commercially manufactured camera ever to be sold.