Oskar Barnack
EXECUTIVE- OSKAR BARNACK
{November 1, 1879 (Lynow, Germany) – January 16, 1936 (Bad Nauheim, Germany)}
DISCOVER OUR EXECUTIVE OSKAR BARNACK:
Our boutique hotel has designed an Executive Room, with a double bed, which represents this inventor.
The painting on the wall reflects the lens of a camera.
The black and white colors refer to photographs of the time and the skin represents the way cameras used to be protected.
You can capture these details only on our Torel Avantgarde.
Executive Oskar Barnack:
- 34 m2;
- Double bed;
- Occupancy: up to two people;
- Offer of Nespresso coffee and water throughout your stay.
See our other rooms in the Executive category: Francis Bacon, Joan Miró, Kazimir Malevich, Robert Rauschenberg, Oscar Wilde, Niki de Saint Phalle, Janis Joplin, Eileen Gray, Ferdinand Porsche, Alberto Giacometti, Man Ray, Le Corbusier, Anais Nin, Nikola Tesla, Astor Piazzolla and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.
MEET THE ARTIST OSKAR BARNACK...
Oskar Barnack was a German optical engineer, precision mechanic, industrial designer, and father of 35mm photography.
While working for Leitz, a microscope manufacturer, the engineer, master and photography enthusiast, invented the original Ur-Leica (Leica I): the first precision miniature camera to become commercially possible. Barnack and Leica were captured through the lens itself.
His main work: Ur-Leica - the prototype of a small format 35mm camera.
“You must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall.” – Oskar Barnack
