[Leica] IMG: Wash Day

[benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:26 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
wrote:
> If it were a studio shot I'd reshoot;
> unless it involved models and/or stylists and/or food.

It almost always involved models (human or animal) or food.  There was
another staff member there who did the product shot printing.

> Location work generally meant no reshoot.

There was some of this too; a lot of underwater stuff, which
introduces colour problems of its own.

> Never resented a fine printer - saviors - only love ;-)

You're clearly very kind.  I got the feeling it was a love/hate thing
for some photographers.  I agree that the printer often became part of
the look for photographers who realised the links from beginning to
end of the process.

> Resented the pro labs closing and leaving the saviors on the street;
> and we shooters with nowhere to go.
> We're talking about 20 and 30 year relationships here.
> You tend to get dependent.
> Your printer becomes an integral part of your "look"
> which took years to coordinate.
> (the good old days)

I tend to think they never were the good old days as such, just what
we'd got used to.  Most of the guys make better digital prints
themselves than I was ever able to manage for them with
Ciba/Ilfochromes.  Everything changes, and I am grateful for the
decreased chemical exposure, and the relative plenty of light in my
post-darkroom life.

Marty