[Frameworks] Camera question

[Nicholas Kovats]

Spot on, Jeff.

Is this the  Concord MTC-11 that you mentioned regarding the Beatles press
conference?

"Andy Warhol, right, waits among the photographers at a Beatles press
conference in New York, October, 1964
Photograph: Tony Ray Jones/Getty Images/SSPL"

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2014/jan/29/thebeatles-ringo-starr#img-7


On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 7:14 PM Jeff Kreines <jeff at kinetta.com> wrote:

> Claire:
>
> The camera is a Concord MTC-11, a relatively cheap and compact B&W video
> camera.  Mostly used for surveillance.  Warhol used one in August, 1965
> when Norelco lent him a videotape recorder (in addition to the Norelco
> camera).
>
> He apparently carried it around as a fetish object/prop, since in most of
> these situations the camera wasn’t attached to a recorder or even a
> monitor.  You can see it (with a Switar lens instead of the Canon 25-100
> zoom shown in this photo) at a Beatles press conference in 1965
> (misidentified as 1964 by Getty).  It’s mentioned in a couple of books
> about Warhol, and IIRC also mentions it in the October, 1965 article in
> “Tape Recording” magazine.
>
> Blake Gopnik and Greg Pierce asked me about it last year, but apparently
> for a different book.
>
>
> Jeff Kreines
> Kinetta
> jeff at kinetta.com
> kinetta.com
>
> On Dec 11, 2019, at 3:03 PM, Claire Henry, Curatorial <
> Claire_Henry at whitney.org> wrote:
>
> Ack, here’s the link.  Apologies!
>
> Claire
>
>
>
> https://pro.magnumphotos.com/Catalogue/Burt-Glinn/1965/USA-NYC-Andy-WARHOL-Edie-SEDGWICK-and-Chuck-WEIN-NN112607.html
>
>
> *From:* FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com
> <frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com>] *On Behalf Of *Claire Henry,
> Curatorial
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 11, 2019 4:00 PM
> *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List (frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com) <
> frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> *Cc:* Jessica Palinski, Curatorial <Jessica_Palinski at whitney.org>
> *Subject:* [Frameworks] Camera question
>
> Hi Frameworkers!
>
> We need some help identifying a camera in a photo of Warhol for our
> catalogue raisonné.  Does anyone know what kind of camera Warhol is holding
> in these photos by Burt Glinn from 1965?  I’m thinking Super 8, but am
> unsure.  If anyone could provide any help that would be amazing and very
> welcomed.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Claire
>
>
> Claire K. Henry
> Assistant Curator
> The Andy Warhol Film Project
> Whitney Museum of American Art
> 99 Gansevoort Street
> New York, NY 10014
> Tel: 212 570 7740
> Fax: 212 929 2019
>
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