Deardorff
Deardorff 8×10 View Camera
Manufactured by L.F. Deardorff & Sons in Chicago from the 1920s through the 1980s, the 8×10 is a wooden field camera producing negatives 8 by 10 inches. Its bellows design allows for full front and rear movements including tilt, swing, and shift.
Artists who use this(6)
“Avedon used an 8×10 Deardorff view camera for "In the American West" (1985); documented extensively in the book's production notes.”
“Adams used an 8×10 Deardorff as one of his primary large-format cameras; discussed in "The Camera" (1980) and his autobiography.”
“Documented in the making of "Cape Light" (1978); Meyerowitz adopted the 8×10 view camera specifically for the Cape Cod series.”
“Shore used an 8×10 view camera for "Uncommon Places" (1982); discussed in his book "The Nature of Photographs" and multiple interviews.”
“Used an 8×10 Deardorff for "Sleeping by the Mississippi" (2004) and "Niagara" (2006); discussed in numerous interviews and the "Somewhere to Run" film.”
“Sternfeld shot "American Prospects" (1987) and his subsequent series on a large-format 8×10 view camera; the scale of the negative and the deliberation required by the camera's operation shaped his practice of spending extended time in a location before exposing a single sheet of film. His use of the 8×10 is documented in multiple interviews and in the afterword to the expanded edition of "American Prospects" (2003).”