Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/08

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Subject: [Leica] Magnum & the Dying Art of Darkroom Printing
From: tcharara at mac.com (Tarek Charara)
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:12:33 +0100
References: <CB7DA889.1B44B%mark@rabinergroup.com>

You'd have to make those note at some final stage so that you don't start 
the whole trial and error process all over again. years later when you need 
to print again.

All the best from Paris!

Tarek

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Tarek Charara
<http://www.tarekcharara.com>

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Le 8 mars 2012 ? 06:06, Mark Rabiner a ?crit :

> I cant figure out if this is an example of a kind of obsesive compulsive
> psychosis or an attempt at humor. There is also a famous one of a head from
> Avedon. An image marked up way past any reason or comprehension.
> I'll tell you what I think it is its drugs in the 80's.
> But it might be Public relations. Your clients are supposed to think that
> even though you  yourself are not making the prints the relation between 
> you
> and your assistant or printer is so involved that its worth all the
> ridiculous money they are paying you for the job and or print.
> 
> In reality when you go through sheets and sheets of paper in the darkroom
> its a rather organic process of trial and error. And you cant be reminded 
> of
> it from a mark up or controlled by someone giving you a marked up thing 
> like
> that. The printer has to sweat it out themselves. Adams called it a
> performance of a score. But your head is not buried in the score. You have
> to look up from time to time and cue your orchestra.
> -- 
> Mark R.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/



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