Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Africa is a mix of 645 and 35 mm - it's most;y pretty easy to tell which are which. You may not be able to take photos like his, but much of the tonal representation is about the professional who develops his film and his printer - both of whom are available to everyone, if you're willing to pay. Marty On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > He really is. I have just about all his books except the earliest ones. > Although I missed the chance to speak to him directly, I did hear him talk > once and he sounds like a nice person. > > As for tones, Africa was shot on the Pentax 645, I believe. That's probably > where the tones come from. For Genesis, he switched to Canon 1D something > but with a 645 ratio mask and printed via analog mean. His earlier work > used > also a Leica R6.2 and (may be) an M6/M7. > > > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > > > I am enjoying Salgados book 'Africa' and working my way through his > > glorious images there. That man floors me every time with the sheer > quality > > of his images. I just don't know how he gets that great tonal range in > the > > print, let alone his ability to 'see'. It has often been said that his > > images are just too beautiful to be reportage, but for me he is one of > the > > greatest alive today. > > > > Gerry > > > > > > Gerry Walden LRPS > > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > > +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > > Web: www.gwpics.com > > Blog: www.gerrywalden.wordpress.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >