Altview@aol.com
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 16:53:14 -0500 (EST)
Judy,
Believe it or not, my last name is in fact Alt (which means old in German) and
is not a fabrication nor non de plume. I have always said how it tickles me
that you guys named this list after me, since I've had it for almost 49 years,
long before Alt Photo was even imagined. Alt View is also the name of the
wooden view cameras I manufacture. As to field work, the amount of negatives
are smaller, mostly because of driving around. My travel camera is the 8 X 10,
which for me is medium format. On my last trip to Tuscany, I shot 116-8 X 10's
in 10 days with 1000 miles of driving. From those I got 75 usable images for a
book project I am working on. I'll have to tell you all some other time how I
processed the film in the kitchen of our rented Tuscan villa with chemicals
and trays brought over in the suitcase.
Patrick Alt
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