It took hundreds of years and the efforts of many scientists for the camera to acquire the form that is used today. The familiar kind of camera was invented only in the second half of the 19th century and caused quite a stir. Cameras of the second half of the 19th century were far from being small. The equipment was bulky, heavy and uncomfortable. The camera rested on a massive base with a frame measuring 50×50 cm.
By the beginning of the 20th century, cameras gradually changed from being huge boxes into small cameras that could already be moved at least on a horse or wagon. We can often see them, for example, in films about the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These examples include the camera presented in the interior of the “Photo Studio” of the Novorossiysk Historical Museum-Reserve.
This is a large-format, foldable camera with double-stretch bellows. The frame format is 13×18 cm. However, the size of the camera is a relative concept. It is extremely difficult to hold such a camera in your hands. Not to mention how to work with it, and even more so — how to make a high-quality picture that would not be “blurred”. Therefore, large format cameras were adapted for shooting from a tripod. The main advantage of a tripod is the ability to fix the camera instead of holding it in your hands. A tripod allows you to increase the shutter speed to get a good exposure, which results in sharp, detailed images, not blurry at all.
The body of the camera belonged to Iosif Isaakovich Gotte, a resident of Novorossiysk. After graduating from the workers’ faculty, Gotte served in the army, participated in the Great Patriotic War, taught military affairs at women’s school No. 3. From 1946 to 1993, he worked as a portrait photographer in various photo studios of the city.
The folding tripod belonged to Varvara Alekseevna Popova (Semyonova), the first woman photographer on the Black Sea coast and in the Kuban region.
Varvara Alekseevna came to Novorossiysk from Oryol in 1893. She was a professional photographer. The pictures of Varvara Alekseevna help to see Novorossiysk a hundred years ago, to see the faces of her contemporaries. Having opened her photo studio in Novorossiysk in 1896, Varvara Alekseevna successfully competed with male photographers. She was a full member of the Russian Photographic Society in Moscow. Varvara Alekseevna ordered equipment and paper from a large Odessa manufacturer.
By the beginning of the 20th century, cameras gradually changed from being huge boxes into small cameras that could already be moved at least on a horse or wagon. We can often see them, for example, in films about the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These examples include the camera presented in the interior of the “Photo Studio” of the Novorossiysk Historical Museum-Reserve.
This is a large-format, foldable camera with double-stretch bellows. The frame format is 13×18 cm. However, the size of the camera is a relative concept. It is extremely difficult to hold such a camera in your hands. Not to mention how to work with it, and even more so — how to make a high-quality picture that would not be “blurred”. Therefore, large format cameras were adapted for shooting from a tripod. The main advantage of a tripod is the ability to fix the camera instead of holding it in your hands. A tripod allows you to increase the shutter speed to get a good exposure, which results in sharp, detailed images, not blurry at all.
The body of the camera belonged to Iosif Isaakovich Gotte, a resident of Novorossiysk. After graduating from the workers’ faculty, Gotte served in the army, participated in the Great Patriotic War, taught military affairs at women’s school No. 3. From 1946 to 1993, he worked as a portrait photographer in various photo studios of the city.
The folding tripod belonged to Varvara Alekseevna Popova (Semyonova), the first woman photographer on the Black Sea coast and in the Kuban region.
Varvara Alekseevna came to Novorossiysk from Oryol in 1893. She was a professional photographer. The pictures of Varvara Alekseevna help to see Novorossiysk a hundred years ago, to see the faces of her contemporaries. Having opened her photo studio in Novorossiysk in 1896, Varvara Alekseevna successfully competed with male photographers. She was a full member of the Russian Photographic Society in Moscow. Varvara Alekseevna ordered equipment and paper from a large Odessa manufacturer.
