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That the camera could achieve a distinctly poetic justice would be proved a few years later by Lewis Hine, a onetime photography teacher who worked with a reformer's sense of mission and an artist's eye. Riis' pictures were raw; Hine's were frank but tender, with none of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conscience 1880-1920 | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

In a brief time of peace, photojournalism waged war against privacy. A decisive weapon appeared in 1924: the Ermanox, a miniature glass-plate camera with a wide-aperture lens. The camera could operate in dim light and without great intrusion. Erich Salomon, a German with a talent for discretion, stalked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golden Years 1920-1950 | 10/25/1989 | See Source »

Ultraviolet rays have been implicated in the development of cataracts, a clouding of the eye lens. The rays chemically alter the lens' proteins, making them stick together and turning a clear lens murky. For protection during long exposure to the sun, doctors recommend wearing sunglasses, especially those that completely block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Sun's Dark Side | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

What gives this film a somewhat higher value is the addition of one new character. "84 Charlie MoPic" is an Army term for a documentary cameraman, and all of this film was shot on super-16 mm, as if through his lens. But MoPic provides more than the title; he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: An Unseen Star | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

Hailed as the finest-grain color film ever made, Ektar enables photographers to enlarge pictures to poster size with almost no loss of clarity. The film is recommended for use only with a single-lens reflex camera, as Ektar is currently available in just two speeds: very slow (ISO 25...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FILM: Too Crisp For Words | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

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