WELTA-PERLE

When the viewer approaches the camera (a 1937 Welta-Perle), an injunction appears in the frame asking him to "stop moving". Then the shutter is released and a randomly selected photographic caption appears. These descriptions refer to possible, but in any case lost, images that would have been captured by this camera manufactured in Germany from 1932 to 1939.

March 13, 1948 f.5.6 – 30th sec. Bauchet Hyperchromatic 60 iso

She looks at the camera
But she is somewhere else
It was after that we knew.

January 12, 1938 f.3.5 – pause 1 sec Panatomic 40 ASA

The Brewery. Everyone is blurred. Too bad. We don't recognize anyone.

April 18, 1940 f.11- 50th sec. Verichrome 100 isi

The old town shines
In the winter glow
Everyone was warm and cosy

19 février 1941
f.8 – 30eme sec.
Aviachrome 40 iso
Son pied ne trouble même pas l’eau.
Elle est très belle.
On voit un poisson.

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