LOL! Must have been before digital, I did a google for "old racing photo" and got a bunch of hits from the 70's and 80's.
Look for stuff from 1900 to 1920 or there abouts. I remember history of auto racing type books having lots of them, but that was back in the 1950's. Paul Stenquist wrote: > Thanks to all who responded. The Lartigue photo is the one I was > thinking off, but I had forgotten it was only half a car. I think > I've seen a full profile that shows this effect as well. Perhaps in > the Kodak photography book. I'll have to look for it. > Paul > On May 21, 2007, at 9:17 PM, graywolf wrote: > >> 5x7 camera with a slow vertical focal plane shutter. That kind of >> distortion was so prevalent that by the 30's it had become a >> cartoon stereotype to indicate speed. Panning the camera is what is >> causing the people in the background to tilt the other way. >> >> >> Bob W wrote: >>> Hint: J H Lartigue >>> >>> http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/image/0,8543,-10404954434,00.html >>> >>> ...although the wheels aren't oblong. Don't know what kind of >>> distortion would do that! >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
