At the age of 19, Størmer created a small camera that could be hidden inside his clothes
Carl Størmer, 1874 - 1957, μεγάλη μορφή!
Νορβηγός μαθηματικός, αστροφυσικός, κλπ, με αρκετά μετάλλια και αναγνωρίσεις.
Στα 19 του ερωτεύθηκε, αλλά ήταν ντροπαλός.
Ήθελε έστω μια φωτό της κοπέλας και έτσι σκαρφίστηκε την κρυφή κάμερα..
“When he was a young man at Oslo University he fell in love with a lady whom he did not know and with whom he was too bashful to become acquainted. Wishing at least to have a picture of her, he decided that this was possible only by taking a photograph of her himself, without her knowing. So he procured a small camera that could be concealed under his coat, the exposure being made through his buttonhole. He succeeded in this difficult task. The love affair came to nothing; later the lady left Oslo for America and married. Years later she returned to Oslo. By this time he was famous. Meeting her, he told her of the incident. Later he applied his skill in photography (unsuspected by the subject) to obtain pictures also of many of the celebrities of Oslo of those days.”
