Turn of last century LF photog in NY who used magnifier lens on LF camera

Hello:

I have not found an answer to this in photo.net or APUG.org. I'll try
here.

Browsing sometime in the last year or two. I stumbled on a site
featuring a supposedly well-known photographer and author who used a
magnifying glass lens on a very large format camera. His subject
matter included views of NYC and the less scenic side of a boatyard,
including a badly weathered boat.

I even thought he was featured in a George Eastman House show, but
they don't recognize my description.

Can anyone help? Oh, the question..who was this photographer?

Thank you

Murray

"Murray" wrote in message
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Hello:

I have not found an answer to this in photo.net or
APUG.org. I'll try
here.

Browsing sometime in the last year or two. I stumbled on a
site
featuring a supposedly well-known photographer and author
who used a
magnifying glass lens on a very large format camera. His
subject
matter included views of NYC and the less scenic side of a
boatyard,
including a badly weathered boat.

I even thought he was featured in a George Eastman House
show, but
they don't recognize my description.

Can anyone help? Oh, the question..who was this
photographer?

Thank you

Murray

I think this might be Andreas Fenninger.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA

yes, very likely andreas feininger, possibly in his Photographic Seeing
or Feininger on Photography books? He had an 8x10" IIRC with shots of NY
City skyline, using magnifier glass, with a cardboard stop that was quite
impressive. He also did some serious LF telephoto work with homebrew Big
Bertha tele-lenses...

hth bobm
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