WWII era 4x5 Kodachromes

[Derrel]

Looking at them more carefully, they are outstanding images. The lighting in some of them is superb, in particular, #17, the TVA "crane" (I'm pretty suret that's a drag-line) operator and #s 16 and 19 stand out for me, especially given the conditions they were shot under.

I'm not sure what you mean by "the conditions which they were shot under"...the majority of these are posed, lighted, commercial photography photographs, commissioned by the US government, with photographers supported fully by Uncle Sam, in an effort to create the best-possible propaganda and promotional materials for the war effort. These are "industrial photographs", shot with tripods if needed, and professional-quality, off-camera lighting set-ups, and almost all of the photos are what I would call "set-ups". Lighted, then posed, then photographed.

 

[Trever1t]

I interpreted "conditions" to mean, late '30's early 40's lighting ... huge flash bulbs and ancient technology...yet created Images worthy of today's best

 

[tirediron]

Looking at them more carefully, they are outstanding images. The lighting in some of them is superb, in particular, #17, the TVA "crane" (I'm pretty suret that's a drag-line) operator and #s 16 and 19 stand out for me, especially given the conditions they were shot under.

I'm not sure what you mean by "the conditions which they were shot under"...the majority of these are posed, lighted, commercial photography photographs, commissioned by the US government, with photographers supported fully by Uncle Sam, in an effort to create the best-possible propaganda and promotional materials for the war effort. These are "industrial photographs", shot with tripods if needed, and professional-quality, off-camera lighting set-ups, and almost all of the photos are what I would call "set-ups". Lighted, then posed, then photographed.

By conditions, I refer to the war-time production machine which was going full-tilt. Even though these were commissioned by the US government, getting, getting set up and getting the shot with the least possible interuption to production had to be a huge challenge.