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WHAT I DO IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL. >> MY NAME IS RICHARD I'M A
>> MY NAME IS RICHARD I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER.
PHOTOGRAPHER. I WORKED LARGE FORMAT CAMERAS
I WORKED LARGE FORMAT CAMERAS AND MY NAME 8 CIRCUIT CAMERA.
AND MY NAME 8 CIRCUIT CAMERA. MY FIRST KUR SOOT IMAGE WAS MADE
MY FIRST KUR SOOT IMAGE WAS MADE IN 1985.
IN 1985. AND I BOUGHT THAT CAMERA IN
AND I BOUGHT THAT CAMERA IN COLUMBUS, AND AS SOON AS I
COLUMBUS, AND AS SOON AS I BOUGHT IT I STARTED USING IT.
BOUGHT IT I STARTED USING IT. THEY WERE VERY POPULAR FROM 1910
THEY WERE VERY POPULAR FROM 1910 UP UNTIL THE 1930s.
UP UNTIL THE 1930s. MAINLY FOR GROUP PORTRAITS, AND
MAINLY FOR GROUP PORTRAITS, AND DISASTERS, AND CITY SCENES.
DISASTERS, AND CITY SCENES. HARDLY USED ANYMORE.
HARDLY USED ANYMORE. I'M DOING WORK THAT'S NEVER BEEN
I'M DOING WORK THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE WITH THAT TYPE OF CAMERA.
DONE WITH THAT TYPE OF CAMERA. A LOT OF THE LANDSCAPES.
A LOT OF THE LANDSCAPES. I TRAVEL AND I ENJOY
I TRAVEL AND I ENJOY PHOTOGRAPHING SCHOOL YARDS,
PHOTOGRAPHING SCHOOL YARDS, CHURCH YARDS.
CHURCH YARDS. I DO A LOT OF THE INTERIOR WORK.
I DO A LOT OF THE INTERIOR WORK. >> INSIDE SCHOOLS, GROCERY
>> INSIDE SCHOOLS, GROCERY STORES, HARDWARE STORES, AND I
STORES, HARDWARE STORES, AND I LIKE THE IMAGE QUALITY.
LIKE THE IMAGE QUALITY. AND IT HAS A TURNTABLE LIKE A
AND IT HAS A TURNTABLE LIKE A LAZY SUSAN.
LAZY SUSAN. IT TURNS IN A ENTIRE CIRCLE.
IT TURNS IN A ENTIRE CIRCLE. >> AND IT WAS MADE AROUND 1915.
>> AND IT WAS MADE AROUND 1915. IT'S NOT TOO LONG.
IT'S NOT TOO LONG. JUST A COUPLE OF THE YEARS I
JUST A COUPLE OF THE YEARS I THINK.
THINK. THEY MADE THEM EXTRAORDINARILY
THEY MADE THEM EXTRAORDINARILY WELL.
WELL. EVERYTHING IS BRASS, BRONZE AND
EVERYTHING IS BRASS, BRONZE AND MAHOGANY.
MAHOGANY. IT TAKES THINGS THAT ARE BENT
IT TAKES THINGS THAT ARE BENT AND CAUSE THEM TO APPEAR
AND CAUSE THEM TO APPEAR STRAIGHT.
STRAIGHT. WHEN I SAW THE LAYOUT OF THE
WHEN I SAW THE LAYOUT OF THE FALLS AND THE STREAM CURVED IN
FALLS AND THE STREAM CURVED IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
FRONT OF THE CAMERA. I KNEW IF I WENT BACK THERE AND
I KNEW IF I WENT BACK THERE AND PHOTOGRAPHED THAT EVERYTHING
PHOTOGRAPHED THAT EVERYTHING WOULD APPEAR STRAIGHT.
WOULD APPEAR STRAIGHT. >> AND THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY
>> AND THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY HAS GONE PURE DIGITAL, AND USED
HAS GONE PURE DIGITAL, AND USED TO BE THAT PHOTOGRAPHY WAS
TO BE THAT PHOTOGRAPHY WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY ART FORM THAT
PROBABLY THE ONLY ART FORM THAT WAS TETHERED TO REALITY.
WAS TETHERED TO REALITY. THAT WAS ITS GREATEST STRENGTH.
THAT WAS ITS GREATEST STRENGTH. THE WORK I DO IS STILL STRICTLY
THE WORK I DO IS STILL STRICTLY THAT STYLE.
THAT STYLE. IT'S ALL FILM BASED.
IT'S ALL FILM BASED. IT'S ALL CAMERA CONCEIVED.
IT'S ALL CAMERA CONCEIVED. I DON'T REALLY MAKE A LOT OF THE
I DON'T REALLY MAKE A LOT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS BUT I TRY TO MAKE
PHOTOGRAPHS BUT I TRY TO MAKE EACH ONE COUNT.
EACH ONE COUNT. >> YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU GET 50 TO
>> YOU'RE LUCKY IF YOU GET 50 TO 100 GOOD PHOTOGRAPHS IN YOUR
100 GOOD PHOTOGRAPHS IN YOUR LIFETIME.