Difference between revisions of "Eves"
(+link to archive of Eves' photographs) |
m (Updated LPA link) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{stub}}{{NeedPhotos}} | {{stub}}{{NeedPhotos}} | ||
| − | '''Edward Eves Limited''' was a camera maker in Leamington Spa, England in the 1950s. Eves himself was a professional photographer, known for motor sport photography among other work.<ref name=J>[ | + | '''Edward Eves Limited''' was a camera maker in Leamington Spa, England in the 1950s. Eves himself was a professional photographer, known for motor sport photography among other work.<ref name=J>[https://jarrotts.com/about-jarrotts/photographers/edward-eves-4/ ''About the photographers''] at motor sports photography agents [https://www.jarrotts.com Jarrotts]; Eves is described as 'arguably one of the greatest post-war motor racing photographers', and it is noted that he was an early user of colour.</ref><ref>[https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22685/lot/62/ Two of Eves' photographs] of racing driver Stirling Moss; lot 62 in the Summer Classic Sale ''Important Collectors' Automobilia, Motorcycles and Motor Cars'' by [https://www.bonhams.com/ Bonhams], Oxford on 20 June 2015.</ref> The company made one-shot colour-separation cameras, i.e. cameras in which the image-forming light is split into three parts to expose three monochrome plates simultaneously, each filtered through a red, blue or green filter. The three images are then combined in printing, to make a true colour image. The camera bodies are cast in Elektron magnesium alloy. |
Eves made cameras in two sizes:<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BjpAlmanac1954/bjpAlmanac1954#page/n623/mode/1up Advertisement for Eves cameras] in the British Journal Almanac 1954, p263. Archived at [https://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive]. The advertisement offers the Blockmaster with an f/6.8 Cooke Aviar and Compound shutter, and the Miniature with an f/4.5 Wray Lustrar and Synchro-Compur.</ref> | Eves made cameras in two sizes:<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BjpAlmanac1954/bjpAlmanac1954#page/n623/mode/1up Advertisement for Eves cameras] in the British Journal Almanac 1954, p263. Archived at [https://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive]. The advertisement offers the Blockmaster with an f/6.8 Cooke Aviar and Compound shutter, and the Miniature with an f/4.5 Wray Lustrar and Synchro-Compur.</ref> | ||
| − | *Blockmaster Studio de Luxe; 4x5 inch<ref>[ | + | *Blockmaster Studio de Luxe; 4x5 inch<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Edward-Eves-Eves-one-shot/AI-13-16808 Eves Blockmaster camera] with 8¼-inch f/8 Aviar Series II, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-13/ thirteenth Westlicht Photographica Auction] in June 2008.</ref> |
*Miniature; 2½x3½ inch (6.5x9cm) | *Miniature; 2½x3½ inch (6.5x9cm) | ||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | *[https://revslib.stanford.edu/?f%5Bphotographer_ssi%5D%5B%5D=Edward+Eves Edward Eves motor sport/automobile photographs]; more than 9000 photographs, at the library of the [http://revs.stanford.edu/ Revs Institute for Automotive Research] at Stanford. | + | *[https://revslib.stanford.edu/?f%5Bphotographer_ssi%5D%5B%5D=Edward+Eves Edward Eves motor sport/automobile photographs]; more than 9000 photographs, at the library of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130101083928/http://revs.stanford.edu/ Revs Institute for Automotive Research] (archived) at Stanford. |
[[Category:Camera makers]] | [[Category:Camera makers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:35, 1 February 2024
This article is a stub. You can help Camera-wiki.org by expanding it.
This article needs photographs. You can help Camera-wiki.org by adding some. See adding images for help.
Edward Eves Limited was a camera maker in Leamington Spa, England in the 1950s. Eves himself was a professional photographer, known for motor sport photography among other work.[1][2] The company made one-shot colour-separation cameras, i.e. cameras in which the image-forming light is split into three parts to expose three monochrome plates simultaneously, each filtered through a red, blue or green filter. The three images are then combined in printing, to make a true colour image. The camera bodies are cast in Elektron magnesium alloy.
Eves made cameras in two sizes:[3]
- Blockmaster Studio de Luxe; 4x5 inch[4]
- Miniature; 2½x3½ inch (6.5x9cm)
The company closed in 1972,[5] and Edward Eves died in 1999.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 About the photographers at motor sports photography agents Jarrotts; Eves is described as 'arguably one of the greatest post-war motor racing photographers', and it is noted that he was an early user of colour.
- ↑ Two of Eves' photographs of racing driver Stirling Moss; lot 62 in the Summer Classic Sale Important Collectors' Automobilia, Motorcycles and Motor Cars by Bonhams, Oxford on 20 June 2015.
- ↑ Advertisement for Eves cameras in the British Journal Almanac 1954, p263. Archived at Internet Archive. The advertisement offers the Blockmaster with an f/6.8 Cooke Aviar and Compound shutter, and the Miniature with an f/4.5 Wray Lustrar and Synchro-Compur.
- ↑ Eves Blockmaster camera with 8¼-inch f/8 Aviar Series II, sold at the thirteenth Westlicht Photographica Auction in June 2008.
- ↑ London Gazette 8 February 1972, p1589, including Edward Eves Limited in a list of companies to be dissolved after a further three months.
Links
- Edward Eves motor sport/automobile photographs; more than 9000 photographs, at the library of the Revs Institute for Automotive Research (archived) at Stanford.
