David Pace & Stephen Wirtz: Images in Transition: Wirephoto 1938-1945 Filter Size_40.5mm The village of Kolodozero

The village of Kolodozero

In addition to the optical design that makes use of the characteristic of the short flange focal length

this stellar macro lens provides one-to-one magnification in a normal focal length for gorgeous life-sized shots of the world’s tiniest details

Still Points is a collection of remarkable and evocative still photographs taken by award-winning nonfiction filmmaker and author Robert Gardner during his anthropological and filming expeditions around the world

David Pace & Stephen Wirtz: Images in Transition: Wirephoto 1938-1945 Filter Size_40.5mm The village of KolodozeroDavid Pace and Stephen Wirtz manipulate and transform wirephotos transmitted during World War II. Beginning with an extensive collection of originals assembled by Wirtz over a period of many years, they scan the images, radically re cropping and dramatically enlarging portions of the archival wirephotos. Their croppings and enlargements expose the artifacts of the wirephoto technology the dots, lines, irregularities and retouchings from the war years.