Fokker E.III replica, 1962

Flabob, California, 1962. Original B&W photo.

I am submitting this photo on behalf of Dick Kamm (1928-2006) for enjoyment and commentary by the photo.net community. For more on Dick, see here. Athough Dick is no longer around to read your comments, I hope you like his pictures and I would enjoy discussing them with you.

This is a quite ordinary portait of an airworthy Fokker E.III replica taken at a California fly-in in 1962, but I was struck by how well the photographer, without intending to, created a picture that could almost pass for the Western Front in 1916.

August Horvath

As an aviation fan I cannot rate lower than I did! Outstanding picture, I'd think of a delicate vignette to give it even more "vintage" look. Still, it is just great! Thanks for sharing this photograph. Maciej

Look here for example of why digital B&W has no reason to exist. See these tones? And this is not even an outstanding example of B&W - merely a competent one, albeit of an extremely interesting subject. And even viewed here, in digital form on a computer screen it just screams of a depth and tonality, a real monochrome image, rather than a colour pixelograph with the only thing it has going for it - the colours - sucked out of it.

I love these photos by Mr Kamm, they are truly a treat and a diary of a life obviously in love with aviation!