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Mar 25, 2012 © Colin J Clarke

Agfa Clack Pinhole - Headstone

Charleston SC

It seems that this Agfa Clack modified ƒ220 pinhole camera renders detail nicely (considering) at the 8-15 feet range.

This somewhat difficult to read replica headstone has an interesting story. You can find it at this National Parks web page.

The actual inscription, which is hard to read when standing there, let alone using a camera without a lens, is as follows:


Parri dilecto CAROLO PINCKNEY Ob.
22d Sept. 1782 Ætat. 52.

What is grandeur! what is power!
Heavier toil! superior plan!
What the bright reward of gain?
The grateful memory of the good
Sweet is the breath of vernal show’rs
The bees collected treasure sweet,
Sweet Music’s folk but sweeter yet.
The still small voice of GRATITUDE
The generous spark, for ever live,
Teach me to Love, and to forgive,
Exact my own defects to scan,
What others are to feel and know
my son A MAN.

In grateful memory of an affectionate Father
this Stone is raised by his Son Charles Pinckney.
Anno Domini, 1785


"Charles Pinckney was a principal author and a signer of the United States Constitution.
This remnant of his coastal plantation is preserved to tell the story of a "forgotten founder,"
his life of public service, the lives of enslaved African Americans on South Carolina
Lowcountry plantations and their influences on Charles Pinckney." US NPS

Modified Agfa Clack Pinhole, ƒ220 75mm, Fuji Acros 100

other sizes: small medium large original auto
Neil Marcus28-Mar-2012 12:31
A well composed photo and thank you for including the inscription.
12328-Mar-2012 00:37
Cool. V
J. Scott Coile27-Mar-2012 21:16
These as so perfectly imperfect. I love you pure process.
Jean-Luc Elias27-Mar-2012 20:25
Nice composition ! A lot of depth !
Mary Bowles27-Mar-2012 18:06
An evocative shot, conveying the hazy blur of faded memories.
I love the pale tones.
And thanks for the interesting story, Colin.
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