Spot on, Jeff. Is this the Concord MTC-11 that you mentioned regarding the Beatles press conference?
"Andy Warhol, right, waits among the photographers at a Beatles press conference in New York, October, 1964 Photograph: Tony Ray Jones/Getty Images/SSPL" https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2014/jan/29/thebeatles-ringo-starr#img-7 On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 7:14 PM Jeff Kreines <[email protected]> wrote: > Claire: > > The camera is a Concord MTC-11, a relatively cheap and compact B&W video > camera. Mostly used for surveillance. Warhol used one in August, 1965 > when Norelco lent him a videotape recorder (in addition to the Norelco > camera). > > He apparently carried it around as a fetish object/prop, since in most of > these situations the camera wasn’t attached to a recorder or even a > monitor. You can see it (with a Switar lens instead of the Canon 25-100 > zoom shown in this photo) at a Beatles press conference in 1965 > (misidentified as 1964 by Getty). It’s mentioned in a couple of books > about Warhol, and IIRC also mentions it in the October, 1965 article in > “Tape Recording” magazine. > > Blake Gopnik and Greg Pierce asked me about it last year, but apparently > for a different book. > > > Jeff Kreines > Kinetta > [email protected] > kinetta.com > > On Dec 11, 2019, at 3:03 PM, Claire Henry, Curatorial < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Ack, here’s the link. Apologies! > > Claire > > > > https://pro.magnumphotos.com/Catalogue/Burt-Glinn/1965/USA-NYC-Andy-WARHOL-Edie-SEDGWICK-and-Chuck-WEIN-NN112607.html > > > *From:* FrameWorks [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Claire Henry, > Curatorial > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 11, 2019 4:00 PM > *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List ([email protected]) < > [email protected]> > *Cc:* Jessica Palinski, Curatorial <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Frameworks] Camera question > > Hi Frameworkers! > > We need some help identifying a camera in a photo of Warhol for our > catalogue raisonné. Does anyone know what kind of camera Warhol is holding > in these photos by Burt Glinn from 1965? I’m thinking Super 8, but am > unsure. If anyone could provide any help that would be amazing and very > welcomed. > > > Thanks! > > Claire > > > Claire K. Henry > Assistant Curator > The Andy Warhol Film Project > Whitney Museum of American Art > 99 Gansevoort Street > New York, NY 10014 > Tel: 212 570 7740 > Fax: 212 929 2019 > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >
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