[LargeFormat] End of an Era at Arizona Highways

Karl Wolz wolzphoto at worldnet.att.net
Wed Jun 22 01:55:36 EDT 2005


My dad was among, if not the, earliest shooters to have MF work printed
on the cover of Arizona Highways.  A photo of the old train station in,
IIRC Perkinsville shot with a Rollei in around '61.

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-bounces at f32.net [mailto:largeformat-bounces at f32.net]
On
> Behalf Of Bob Blakely
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 4:26 PM
> To: f32 Large Format Photography Mail List
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] End of an Era at Arizona Highways
> 
> LF exclusive???
> 
> Note: Back when Arizona Highways was, on occasion, publishing Barry
> Goldwater, the photos were often medium format.
> 
> Regards,
> Bob...
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> as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers
> with the smallest possible amount of hissing."
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> 
> From: "Schuyler Grace" <schuyler at bellsouth.net>
> 
> 
> > I'm not saying it's an altogether bad thing, but Arizona Highways
made a
> > point of announcing in their latest issue that they have begun using
some
> > digital images.  This won't end their 80-year association with LF
> > photography, but they won't be LF-exclusive any more.
> >
> > Oh, and I'm now kind of hoping Kodak will do away with their B/W
film
> > products sooner than later.  I processed a big batch of 8x10 TMY
last
> > night,
> > and more than a few sheets had pinholes in the emulsion.  Perhaps, I
> > thought, Kodak's strategy isn't just following industry trends, but
simply
> > turning out worse and worse quality product, until no one wants to
buy it.
> > Then, they can announce the end of another unprofitable line to
> > shareholders.
> 
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