Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:41 PM 24-03-98 -0500, Art Peterson wrote: > > David, > > Many years ago in school I had some experience developing and printing > my own pictures, and so I can understand and agree with the points you > make (below). But as one who can now afford neither the equipment nor > even the space for a darkroom, I would like to ask you, and any other > LUG member who may wish to offer advice, how a photographer like Henri > Cartier-Bresson (who I've heard did not do any darkroom work) achieved > the magnificent prints that he did. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Get to know a master printer, and work with him/her over a long period of time. This is probably better than a good photographer but mediocre darkroom worker trying to muddle through with making the prints himself. Off the top of my head I can think of Robert Maplethorpe and Helmut Newton who relied on others for their printing. There are probably many other examples. Dan C.