Rochester
Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Gillingham
Saxon Shore Way
Oast House, Newington
Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Newington
Sittingbourne Continue reading
Rochester
Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Gillingham
Saxon Shore Way
Oast House, Newington
Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Newington
Sittingbourne Continue reading
Gravesend
Saxon Shore Way
St. Mary’s Church, Church Street
Rochester
Rochester Cathedral
High Street Continue reading
Looking back, it is hard to believe that this is a camera I willingly chose to work with. I had been seeking an expanded point of view since the late 1970s. Just a year ago, I was using multiple images to fabricate complex vistas for the Trail Markers project. A year before that, there was the series of wide-ranging, wide-visioned panoramas taken with the Horizont panoramic camera.
It’s 1987. Those projects are completed. I’m looking for the next logical step in my photographic explorations. A tiny classified ad on the back pages of Shutterbug magazine grabs my attention. On offer was an antique Cirkut No. 6 Outfit panoramic camera. Without knowing anything about Cirkut cameras, other than their ability to take large scale, full-circle panoramic images, I place my order with the vintage camera dealer in some New England state, for something like $1,000 dollars. Continue reading