David Pace & Stephen Wirtz: Images in Transition: Wirephoto 1938-1945 Filter Size_40.5mm S-Line lenses push Nikon’s tradition

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David Pace & Stephen Wirtz: Images in Transition: Wirephoto 1938-1945 Filter Size_40.5mm S-Line lenses push Nikon’s traditionDavid Pace and Stephen Wirtz manipulate and transform wirephotos transmitted during World War II. Beginning with an extensive collection of originals assembled by Wirtz over a period of many years, they scan the images, radically re cropping and dramatically enlarging portions of the archival wirephotos. Their croppings and enlargements expose the artifacts of the wirephoto technology the dots, lines, irregularities and retouchings from the war years.