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The Rolleiflexer

Photograph
c1936 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Mautner, Betti (photographer)

Black and white photograph of a man, equipped with a camera, a walking stick and a backpack, standing on a rise.

Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • The Rolleiflexer (assigned by artist)
  • Glyzinien (assigned by artist)
  • Long, Long Ago, Wachau (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Photographic Paper
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Betti Mautner, 'The Rolleiflexer', c1936
Physical description
Black and white photograph of a man, equipped with a camera, a walking stick and a backpack, standing on a rise.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 398mm
  • Sheet width: 308mm
Marks and inscriptions
in pencil on the back: "The Rolleiflexer", Betty Mautner, 33, Brighton Grove, Rusholme, Manchester (crossed); 142 Goldhurst Terrace, London N.W.6 (crossed): 28 Ravenscroft ave., London NW11, phot 1936? traces of a label; black stamp of Goldhurst Terrace address
Gallery label
(23/7/2016-5/3/2017)
Betti Mautner (1892–1988)
The Rolleiflexer
About 1936

Seen from below and silhouetted against a
cloudy sky, this photographer takes on a heroic
quality. He bends to look into the waist-level
view finder of a Rolleiflex twin lens reflex
camera. His stance is characteristic of users of
this popular medium-format camera.

Gelatin silver print
Museum no. E.392-2013
Excerpt from 2010-11 Gallery 100 label for E.368-2013 (also by Mautner):

Mautner was born in Austria, but lived and worked in London. She took up photography when she discovered her uncle’s camera. She went on to publish a photography guide and became an Associate of the Royal Pho-tographic Society and lecturer in photography
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
E.392-2013

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Record createdMarch 16, 2015
Record URL
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