THIS CAMERA'S HISTORY
This Debrie Parvo is from the estate of Photographer / Filmmaker Thomas Bouchard. Bouchard worked with the artists / dancers Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and Hanya Holm, each of whom is credited with broadening the audience of modern dance in the 1930s. Bouchard also worked with such artists as Joan Miro, Marcel Duchamp and Chaim Soutine. He made a film about Fernand Leger and film sequences of his friend Edgar Varese, a composer.
This camera was made by Andre DeBrie and was designed for the USA. It was imported to the United States by the Motion Picture Apparatus Company in New York.
This camera is 100 years old and in remarkable, usable condition. However, you should always test cameras before beginning a project.
DEBRIE PARVO MODELE L 35MM MOVIE CAMERAS IN CINEMATIC HISTORY
A Debrie Parvo Modele L was used by Dziga Vertov in “Man with a Movie Camera.” It was the favorite camera of Abel Gance, Leni Riefenstahl, and Sergei Eisenstein.