Jorge Bolet and cameras

Jorge never was a man for reading many books but, for sure, he knew which books to read. Mark Twain's 'Letters from earth' (which JB once recommended to a journalist) is certainly one of them.

Jorge usualy read many magazines when on tour. These were mostly about cars, photography and cameras. He went crazy when in the USA the Canon A1 came out. As he knew that I also loved photography, he bought one for me as in Europe the A1 was not yet on the market.

Mattheus Smits

The Canon A-1 was released in April 1978, with marketing and availability in the USA and worldwide following shortly after. It was introduced as a high-end, advanced 35mm SLR, notable for being the first camera to offer a fully programmed automatic exposure mode. Production ran from 1978 to 1985

It is occasionally stated in articles on Jorge Bolet that he exhibited photographs in Central and South America, but I've never come across any details. Does anyone know?