A Cape Camera

The Elliot Collection is one of the most remarkable photographic collections in the world. Arthur Elliot was 30 years old and of no settled profession in 1900 when he was given a quarter plate camera as a present. Soon, the main interest of this self-made American was recording the historic landmarks in Cape Town and its surroundings, with an unfailing eye for the essential that no photographer trying to capture the old Cape has ever been able to equal. This book contains a selection of his wonderful photographs.

Arthur Elliott was thirty years of age and of no settled profession when in 1900 he wus given a quarter-plate camera as « present. Soon the main interest of this adventurous self-made American was recording the historic landmarks in Cape “Town and its surroundings, with an unfailing eye for the essential that no photographer trying to capture the atmosphere of the old Cape has ever been able to equal.

Elliott’s rare rapport with his subject ís complemented by a knowledgeable and affectuonate commentary (rom a noted expert and enthusiast on the subject of South Africa’s artistic and cultural heritage, Hans Fransen.