the beier collection
photo notebooks - the key to the collection
Manfred Beier covered every single one of his more than 60,000 photos in 38 photo notebooks with altogether 4,000 pages - as if it was meant to be a diary. Every single moment of experience is documented in these photo notebooks: subjekt matters, shooting position, date and time. Notes are being added with detailled information on type of camera, lens and technical data. Even the type of filter and the flash unit that were used were expanded into the notations.
On August 26, 1954 Manfred Beier took the following picture at seaside west:
On this shot he noted down:
| Archiv No. |
BArch, N1648Bild-RF02603 |
| place |
Prerow, Baltic Sea, at seaside west |
| subject | group shot at the beach, just before sunset |
| date | August 26, 1954 |
| time | 19:01 clock |
| camera | Kodak-Vollenda |
| lens | Schneider Xenar 1:4.5 / 10.5 cm. |
| film-type | 18/10 DIN Agfa-Isochrom-film |
| extra tools |
self-timer, tripod, ball joint |
| aperture | 6.3 |
| shutter speed |
1/25 sec. |
| distance | 4.5 m. |
