8x10 photographs of Saddam Hussein's palaces

[twmeyer]

<p>I thought you all might enjoy this:</p>

<p>"<em>... once on site, Mr. Mosse sometimes had as little as 10 minutes to shoot, which meant he had to run on intuition and to choose his subjects prudently. “Working that fast with an architectural camera on a tripod will give you palpitations,” he said.</em><br>

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<em>Mr. Mosse, 29, has an M.F.A. in photography from Yale. He uses a second-hand, Phillips 8-by-10 Explorer camera</em> "</p>

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<p>http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/showcase-35/</p>

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[luis_g]

<p> That camera's been in interesting places. I know the guy who sold it to Mr. Mosse.</p>

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[thom_bennett]

<p>Very impressive work; the detail is stunning. Think of the logistics of getting an 8x10 and film around Iraq. Thanks for sharing that.</p>

[bennie_nickolas_hinojos]

<p>I really enjoyed the photos that you provided with that link. I just wanted to stop by and thank you on that.</p>

[jdrose]

<p>Very interesting. Thank You.</p>

[a_bruce]

<p>You can read about the exact history of that camera right here: http://photo-muse.blogspot.com/2009/06/richard-mosse-saddam-palaces-or-my-old.html<br>

Wouldn't mind a nice Phillips explorer myself!</p>

[laurentvuillard]

<p>amazing , using an 8x10 on location like this!<br>

PS: it looks like some rooms are in a bad need of redecoration though.......</p>