Film Cameras: A brief history, and stellar images created with it
A selection from the camera museum Aditya Arya dreamt up while building a unique collection of analogue cameras in his waking hours
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
K-20 FAIRCHILD | 1941-1945
The photograph of the cataclysmic mushroom cloud from the nuclear bomb that the US dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, was captured by a K-20 camera by tech sergeant George Caron, facing the rear of the aircraft as they swung away from the scene. A handheld manually operated aerial camera, used in military aircraft during World War II, the K-20 was manufactured by Folmer Graflex Corp in New York and sold about 15,000 units. A roll of special K-20 film captured 50 negatives of 4x5 inches.
