photography

Steve McCurryxa0(bo February 24, 1950) is anxa0Americanxa0photographer that has worked inxa0photojoualismxa0and editorial. He is best known for his 1984 photograph "Afghan Girl" which originally appeared inxa0National Geographicxa0magazine.xa0McCurry is a member ofxa0Magnum Photos. McCurry is the recipient of numerous awards, including Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded by thexa0National Press Photographers Association; thexa0Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal;xa0xa0and xa0two ...

A banquet camera is a type of the large format camera used in the early 20th century for photographying large groups of people in formal occasions. Large formal refers to any imaging format of 4×5 (102×127) or larger Large format is larger than "medium format", the 6×6 cm (2¼×2¼ inch) or 6×9xa0cm (2¼×3½ inch) size of Hasselblad, Rollei, Kowa and Pentax cameras (using 120-and 220-roll fillm), and mach larger than the 24×36 mm (~ 1.0 ×1.5 inch) frame of 25 mm format.xa0The main advanteges of large...