Hilde Lotz-Bauer
Why are Hilde's towers not leaning over?
Torrei dei Donati with converging verticals – original image found on Wikipedia
By Robbie Griffiths
With ordinary cameras, if you take a photo of a tall building by pointing the camera upwards, the sides of the building will appear to get closer (or converge) – leaning into one another. This is known as 'Converging Verticals'. You wouldn't make a living as a photographer of architecture if this was the result you produced.
The way to avoid this is to ensure that the camera's film (or glass plate) or with a digital camera it's sensor, is upright – parallel to the building. But with an ordinary camera, unless you tilt it up you will lose the top of the building.
Torrei dei Donati by Hilde
This problem was resolved for Hilde by purchasing a camera where the lens could be tilted while keeping the sensor (glass plate) upright. The simple wonders of a camera with bellows!
Linhof 9x12 - Hilde owned this model of camera
2 May 2020