Some time ago I was offered a quite special photo album in a fleamarket, not because of my involvement with bicycles, but with photography instead.
Already the exterior, leather spine, art déco linen envelope, appealed to me, and when the seller mentioned the price of 10€ I just could not resist.
Opening the album on the first page I saw a very promising and personal beginning.
Of course the first thing I did when arriving back home was to enter the author´s name in an internet search engine, but to no avail. Herr Immink seems to have been either an very advanced photo amateur, or this album was part of his education as a photgrapher.
What makes the album so special is that it is crammed with examples of any variation in photography the 30s knew, and most pictures show that he had the eye. For example: Immink compared results of using different lens designs…
… or chemicals, or plates, or negative materials:
Or, indeed, papers, and this is why I´mentioning my find in this blog:
Look a that bike, taken from real life, with a near-flat front tire, doubtlessly underinflated because of the cobblestones. The very sporty short, narrow bars contrast with the rest of the well-worn and packed bike. The front fender either was sacrificed to the sporting ambitions of the young rider, or simply fell off after having been exposed to vibrations for too long.
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