12 February 2012

Photo of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco taken from a camera attached to a kite

The disaster, which happened 18th April 1906, was the first widely photographed disaster in history.

Photographer: George Lawrence

Camera: home-made large format camera (heavy, wooden framed)

Height: 2,000 feet


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