1953 · Image Orthicon Outside Broadcast Camera · Work 1346 of 1,871
A narrow wooden camera box high in the gallery of a gothic abbey church in London on a grey June morning, a television camera on a heavy pan head, a rectangular box in worn matt black paint, on its side ventilation slots in two fields and a panning lever with a black grip, at the front a turret of four cylindrical lenses of different lengths and a small red lamp, on top a grey cover plate with a yellow signal lamp, a slim cameraman in a dark suit and headphones seen from directly behind, his face pressed into the rubber viewfinder hood, far below a soft blur of gold and crimson light.