Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Please allow me to refine my far too quick and rude response to Andrew's post below... And allow me to suggest that there are far more "moron's" who only shoot and hire "true visual artists" to do their developing and printing who could, if they wanted to take the time away from shooting, go into the darkroom or sit down at the computer and turn out a perfectly decent print, than there are darkroom techs who could go do the work of the "moron's." ;-) B. D. Andrew Nemeth wrote: > > Summicron1@aol.com wrote: > > >The tool is 5 percent. He is the other 95. Whoever does his printing deserves > >a hunk of that 95 percent as well. As one who labors long in the dark, I know > >how much a difference that makes as well. > > Which is why I am always uneasy about the (let's be frank about it) > fawning which goes on w.r.t. HCB or Salgado. Every time you see one > of "their" images, you are really looking at the work of often unamed > technicians. After all, any moron in monkey-cam-mode can click-click- > click and strike heroic photographer-like poses... it takes a true > visual artist however (working alone in a darkroom or with a scanner) > to turn a B&W or colour negative into a final magnificent image. > > No matter how much of a head-case Eugene Smith was, he at least > created the entireity of his images - from the inital click to > the final, dry-mounted print. Ditto Ansel Adams or Kertesz. > I admire them for this. > > <CONTROVERSY> > A photographer who doesn't do their own printing is just like > a painter who only does the intial sketches and leaves the > brushwork up to someone else... > </CONTROVERSY> > > :?) > > Regds, > > Andrew Nemeth > > <http://4020.net> -> photos, 360° panoramic vrs, sounds > <http://nemeng.com> -> vr java applets, leica faq, tech info