[Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have an idea.

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

I do have my first camera.  It is a Kodak Junior 620, and I took a lot of
b&w with it.  My dad brought it back from Europe at the end of WWII (it was
manufactured by Kodak AG through, I think about 1939).  He gave it to me
when I was about seven.  If I get totally bored some day I might respool
some 120 film.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Cassidy
> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 12:18 PM
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Do you still have your first camera? Because I have an
> idea.
> 
> I still have my first camera. It's a Petri 7s rangefinder and it's on my
> bookshelf looking down at me right now.
> 
> I think that some of you probably do as well.
> 
> Here's what I'd like to do:
> 
> Curate a gallery-show / web project / possibly more, that involves
> interviews with photographers about their first cameras, how they got it,
> what it means to them, and then to have them either
> 
> a) give me a high res scan (and reprint rights) to a vintage photo they
> took with that camera or
> b) take their first camera out and shoot at least three rolls with it and
> give me a NEW photo (and reprint rights) taken with it (you can talk about
> re-using your camera in the interview)
> 
> as well as
> 
> c) a photo of the camera and
> d) a portrait of the photographer
> 
> 
> it's still a bit up in the air but i've gone and registered:
> http://www.myfirstcamera.org/ and as it grows I figure it'll take shape
> and it'll become a beautiful thing. I'm going to leave a broad definition
> for "first camera" -- it could either be the first camera you ever used,
> the first you ever owned, or the first you bought for yourself or even the
> first "real" camera you bought for yourself.
> 
> Volunteers? Especially people who've had long and successful careers in
> some aspect of photography, newspapers, commercial, etc.
> 
> email me kyle at kylecassidy dot com or share your enthusiasm here, we'll
> figure this out.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> kyle
> 
> http://www.myfirstcamera.org/
> 
> 
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