Art & Inspiration 3x3 square photo thread

My father's Tucker.........

 

Hello,

The earliest square film produced for public consumption was around 1950. The early cameras were around and not very popular, due to the size. The whole printing format was from a 120 size of film. For most folks, it came ready made for the Kodak Brownie camera, we all came to see and shoot at one time or another. Point and shoot. It was as simple as that. And the result was a square print from the 120 size film.

The Kodak Holiday Camera was probably the most common of all of the “Brownie” family.


The other popular Kodak Brownie camera was the down vision centering model called: Hawkeye
A little larger and more of a rectangle shape.

Easy to use, as it is a downward looking viewfinder and it is true point and shoot. The downward angle allows the camera to be around mid belly with a tiny view screen looking up at the shooter. This model sits in our granddaughter’s house as part of a camera collection. It still works when a new roll of Kodak Film is put in place.

Jnaki

We must have been the only teens whose family did not have one or the other of the Kodak Brownie Cameras. Our dad’s idea was that his Graflex Bellows Camera had the best negative results of any camera. (Which it did, due to the size) But, geez…

Lugging that huge camera was not the most pleasurable of things to do. Also, when this camera was out, people looked at you as if you were a nut. So, there is that... or a press photographer.

The two Brownie Cameras above, had a point and shoot mentality, which it made millions of folks happy with all of the photos that were taken everywhere. One would think with the size of the film, the photos would be so much better, but the lens was the big hold up… yikes!

With the fixed lens, the enlargements were not the thing to write home about. But, it sure contributed to the history of the USA from back in those very early times… YRMV

Note:

But, prized gems like the photo of Kenny Lindley/Don Hampton FED from 1959 is golden…

Original photo by @Dean Lowe