paulstgeorge

I actually have some more information now as I have seen some negatives. The camera took glass plates (9x12cm). Did the No. 4 Bull's-Eye take 9 x 12 glass slides? Thanks! @Dustin McAmera @AJG

It's not often I call someone with a name like "Dusting me camera" a genius but you deserve the new soubriquet. I know the 1909 photographs and the impact on painting very well, but I have not read this Richardson book. I am now trying to get it from a library before splashing out £60. I am not overly optimistic that Richardson will mention the camera Picasso used and the photographic process, but I am hopeful so thank you! Here is a camera Picasso used in 1930 (21 years later). Could it be the No. 4 Bull's-Eye?

Well, in a way. I am researching Picasso's use of photography in the development of Cubism 1909 and the four to five years after. Many authors talk about the aesthetic and philosophical implications of the photographs, but they just look at the print and how he used the image. That is fine, but I want to understand the practical considerations, time, money, even lighting. Many of the photographs are taken in his studio. I am guessing the film was quite slow and perhaps orthochromatic...

Wow, that is great! Thank you. Have you seen the Cycle Kodak: https://archive.org/details/1898britishjourn00londuoft/page/324/mode/2up

Can anyone (please) identify the camera seen here being used by Picasso in 1930.

This is very useful, thank you. Do you have any information on the time it took from sending the camera to the factory and the return of the prints? And you say the luxury $25 camera had been superseded by the box Brownie by 1909. This also helps me to narrow down the options. Do you know whether the box Brownie was available in France 1909-1914?

I am interesting in amateur photography in Europe, 1909-1914. If a person bought a Kodak camera in USA, they would expose the 100 shots, then return the camera to the Kodak company in New York. The film would be developed, prints made, a new roll of film loaded into the camera, and everything returned to the customer. But what did people in Europe do? Was there a Kodak factory in France? Was there a Kodak factory in England? How long would this whole process, from posting the camera to Kodak to return of the prints, take? What were the costs? When was the change from returning the whole camera to removing the roll of film and having that developed? Does anyone have any information on any of this? Thanks, Paul