Simon Simonsen and Retrography

[Retrotech68]

Hi all,

I tried to search information on the subject mentioned in the title before posting, but since I couldn't find anything in our forum, here goes:
Retrography was a well researched site, with lots of good information on vintage cameras (mostly German) up to the late 60s. It was run by a Danish enthusiast photographer and collector, Simon Simonsen.

The site is gone, at least since early 2011 (i.e., this was when I actually noticed it was gone).
Does anyone knows what happened to the guy (and his site)?

Thanks in advance.

Alex

 

[John E Earley]

bump for interest

 

[Mablo]

I remember the site very well. I heard Mr. Simonsen suffered from heart problems and eventually passed away some years ago. I have no idea what happened to his camera collection.

 

[Retrotech68]

Oh dear, "some years ago"?! Thanks for the sad news Mablo. Despite having heard about his heart problems, I didn't know Mr. Simonsen had died. Are you sure about that information?

 

[mszargar]

somebody has re-registered the domain name recently...

 

[palec]

You can check parts of the website using www.archive.org wayback machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100722151002/http://www.retrography.com/welcome.htm