The Irvin Trail Through an Old Lens

By Dan Waters I made these photographs with an old wooden camera on a tripod, using 4x5” black-and-white sheet film. The lens was a 7-1/4” Verito, first introduced by the Wollensak company in 1911 for the use of pictorial photographers. To operate the shutter, you squeeze a black rubber bulb. It was delightful to wander [...]