Patron saint of photographers

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Have we got one? There are some many patron saints for the weirdest things, I figured there must be one for photography. Patron saint of rangefinders would be even better.
(Just don't say it's HCB, although, could be).
 
Saint Veronica

When Christ fell on his way to the Golgotha, a woman wiped his face with a towel; an image of Christ remained on the towel. This woman was Veronica, this incident is all we really know about her, and the relic has become her symbol ever since.

http://saints.sqpn.com/saintv02.htm
 
edit: gertf - we obviously posted this at the same time, citing the same reference :)

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All bow down to Saint Veronica


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When Christ fell on his way to the Golgotha, a woman wiped his face with a towel; an image of Christ remained on the towel. This woman was Veronica, this incident is all we really know about her, and the relic has become her symbol ever since.

Curiously, she's also patrons saint of Laundry...


Disclaimer: No religious offences may be derived from this thread. It was made in good humor and not with an intention to offend your religious persuasions.
 
Yes, we have more than one - depending on who you ask:

Saint Lucy :angel:(Dec.13), yet others say Saint Veronica (July 9) - but there are more!
 
What Saint Veronica did would apply more to the "Darkroom".
What she did was more of a contact print...
I've been searching for a name for my Mamiya 645..."Ronnie" just might work...Thanks...
 
Though he was a very flawed man in his personal life, I vote for St. Eugene. Especially considering the tragic and violent events of his final project he might even be considered a martyr. W.(onderful) Eugene Smith.
 
My choice is Alfred Stieglitz, I can't think of anyone who did more to elevate the craft or did it better, all the while making 'Stars' of others.

Cheers
 
F. S. Archer is your man.

Come on he pretty much invented film, or rather the forerunner for it and gave the invention away free of charge to the world, he died in poverty not long after. now THAT is about as saintly as it gets..

//J
 
How about David Douglas Duncan? Ken Heyman did some great 35mm B&W work also, although he's largely been forgotten it seems, but his prints were exquisite. I guess the true master, though, both with a 35mm camera and in the darkroom was W. Eugene Smith. Yup, if we're going to beatify anybody then Gene Smith is the man!
 
Hi Al,

Ken Heyman is still alive!

http://www.kenheyman.com/

Funny you mentioned it:D Back in the 80s, my first job as an intern was to write the name of a well known Photo agency on the back of 1000s of his prints:eek: - it took me weeks to finish.

I still see n.2 pencils in my sleep:bang:, but it was a joy to look at his pictures:).

Regards,
RLouzan


Al Kaplan said:
How about David Douglas Duncan? Ken Heyman did some great 35mm B&W work also, although he's largely been forgotten it seems, but his prints were exquisite. I guess the true master, though, both with a 35mm camera and in the darkroom was W. Eugene Smith. Yup, if we're going to beatify anybody then Gene Smith is the man!
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rlouzan, yes Ken was probably a generation younger than DDD and Gene Smiith. I used to enjoy their presentations at the annual Wilson Hicks Photojournalism Conferences at the U of Miami years ago. Tri-X really did rule! I should look through my files and dig out some of the photos I shot.
 
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