International Association of Panoramic Photographers [Newsletter], Volume [5], February 1988 Page: 1
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INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF PANORAMIC
PHOTOGRAPHERS
February 1988
Reston, VA
Orlando, FL
Seattle,WA
A Sydney Stadium, Then and Now
President's Message
This is the first newsletter of 1988; let's hope that it is the first
of many. Before I tell you about our new editor, I want to take
this opportunity to thank Dick Fowler for the wonderful job he
has done for us over the past three years. Dick, we appreciate
your efforts in bringing the newsletter and our association to its
present status. May you be around taking panoramic pictures for a
long time to come.
It is amazing just how many people offered to help keep the
newsletter going. I was going to mention each person by name,
but as the list of people phoning or writing to Dick or myself got
longer and longer, I decided it might be easier to give you a list
of people who had not offered to help! It would be considerably
shorter! Thank you everyone for your offers.
Let me tell you how we will operate in the future. John Stamets
will be our new editor. All correspondence and articles should be
addressed to him (see page 6). John is an excellent photographer
and has recently published a book of Widelux photographs. He
also has experience in publishing newsletters and is eminently
qualified to do the job.
Jerry Wood of Annapolis, Maryland has agreed to print the
newsletter for us. Jerry has his own in-house pirnting and
facilities, as well as automated collating and mailing systems. As
part of his operation, Jerry has a four-color printing press. The
postcards you recently received are typical of his color work.
Maybe one day we shall see our newsletter in color!
Finally, Dick Fowler will stay active with the association by
keeping the mailing lists and printing the labels. He will also act
as treasurer, so please send your 1988 subscription to him.
We need your input to make the newsletter a continued success.
Let John have news items, wants, comments, or articles. He
cannot produce an interesting newsletter without input. Let's give
him all our support.
David Paskin
Panoramas Revisited
New Interest in Cirkut
Re-Photography, pp. 2-3
Alaskan Cirkut Photographer
Ron Klein in China
Ron Klein, a full-time Cirkut photographer from Juneau, Alaska,
recently returned from a panoramic trip to China. The formal
occasion was an opening exhibition of 25 of his color
panoramics of Alaska taken with a Cirkut # 10. The exhibit,
which is now traveling throughout China, was part of cultural
exchange program between "sister provinces" Alaska and
Heilongjiang, in the far northeastern corner of China. Three
thousand people showed up for the opening reception in the
capital city of Harbin!
Ron reports that panoramic photography is very much alive in
China, at least for the purpose of photographing large groups. He
saw a number of good American Cirkuts in operation during his
one month trip in September 1987. The Chinese typically shoot
on 5" or 8" black and white film, made in China. Although he did
not see any panoramic photography done for purely aesthetic
reasons, he did purchase some 3 x 12" scenic cards that appeared
to be taken with a Cirkut-like camera. Modern automated color
systems for printing panoramics -- which make Color the film of
the choice in the West -- is what the Chinese don't have. His
hosts had many questions about Ron's color printing system.
But the real surprise of the trip, Ron says, was to discover that
the Chinese are currently manufacturing their own 360° cameras,
cont. on p. 4
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