GREAT WAR
Vest Pocket Kodaks were manufactured between 1912 and 1926. Many were carried into battle during the Great War and became known as the 'Soldier's Camera' due to their popularity with the troops.
The camera pictured dates from 1917. During September 2015 I photographed the Somme, Arras and Ypres landscape with two of these vintage cameras.
I'll be adding more photographs and detailed captions to the gallery as I process the negatives.
A Vest Pocket Kodak was used by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine during 1924. The camera has never been found but if located it may provide evidence of them reaching the summit of Mount Everest.
Frank Hurley also used a Vest Pocket Kodak during Ernest Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917.
More information can be found at: The Vest Pocket Kodak
The camera pictured dates from 1917. During September 2015 I photographed the Somme, Arras and Ypres landscape with two of these vintage cameras.
I'll be adding more photographs and detailed captions to the gallery as I process the negatives.
A Vest Pocket Kodak was used by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine during 1924. The camera has never been found but if located it may provide evidence of them reaching the summit of Mount Everest.
Frank Hurley also used a Vest Pocket Kodak during Ernest Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917.
More information can be found at: The Vest Pocket Kodak