Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] HCB
From: "Bill Lawlor" <wvl@marinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:31:59 -0700
References: <200010231828.LAA15840@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
 
I am sure that someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that
H.C.-B.'s pictures from that era were printed by the genius Henri Gassman
who, sadly, is no longer with us on papers which, sadly, are no longer with
us.  These prints may or may not have exhibited a "Leica Glow" or the glow
of some other maker's lens...about which we will now argue ad nauseum.

Buzz Hausner

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Dan has a good point, as does Buzz also. I have seen about 200 HCB prints in
galleries and many of them do not look nearly as good as they do in a nice
coffee table book. There was an interview with H. Gassman a few years ago in
C&D (USA), BTW. I think I recall him saying he printed on Ilford FB.

I may stop in the Alinder Gallery in Guala, CA this weekend. He usually
carries some HCB prints. He might know more about the whole question.

Bill Lawlor