Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The fibre base prints you can get from the LoC are really marvellously printed, and the prints are spotted and marks are really skillfully removed, at least in my experience. Marty On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > Hi Marty, > > I downloaded high-res tiff scans of the negatives from the LOC and printed > my own. There is no charge or copyright for the scans since they are U.S. > property. My "Migrant Mother" has the thumb in the foreground that was > later brushed out, but I could fix that too if I wanted. It is indeed an > amazing resource. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marty > Deveney > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 7:26 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado > > And you can buy all the Farm Security Administration photos from The > Library > of Congress. An amazing resource. How else would I have a real Walker > Evans on the wall of my office? > > Marty > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> > wrote: >> A local museum has a substantial collection of Gordon Parks. Once, the >> director showed me one print, ans said that the backs of all the >> others were identical. Each bore the rubber stamp "Time-Life photo >> lab, negative number xxxx" >> >> I believe you can still buy prints of their stuff, just as you can buy >> a large number of prints from the NYT's collection. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Howard Ritter >> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 5:33 PM >> >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado >> >> Or, to give it the opposite spin, with respect to the thrust of the >> conversation about photographers rather than printers, every minute >> spent in the darkroom is a minute not spent at the viewfinder. >> >> -howard >> >> >> On Dec 8, 2012, at 1:12 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: >> >>> Looking back through history, there have been more highly regarded >>> photographers who had others do their printing and processing. The >>> near requirement that only the artist can print his own work is >>> absurd. Every minute shooting is a minute not spent on perfecting his > printing. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information