Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What you all say about his images and prints is valid for discussion, but I still can't figure out how he (or people working for him) can get such wide tonal ranges and I can't. Is it an optical illusion? --Bob On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 2:17 AM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote: > I saw Genesis in Barcelona in January together with Lluis and my friend > Lars, and we too were somewhat disappointed. Partly there was the issue of > the prints being overdone, but my main gripe was the lack of a coherent > theme?the exhibition is simply too big?and the distance to his subjects. In > many cases, his approach to the people in the photographs is that of a > wildlife photographer. Compared to other major bodies of work by Salgado, > like ?Workers?, I found this one below his usual standard. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > YNWA > > > On 02 May 2015, at 07:31, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > > wrote: > > > > I haven?t seen the film, nor had I heard of it until now but I did see > the ?Genesis? show in Barcelona last year and was simply stunned by the > imagery and quality of the printing. In my eyes the man is probably about > the best living photographer at the moment for so many reasons, and I saw > gazing at prints in sheer awe of his work. > > > > Gerry > > > > Gerry Walden > > 023 8046 3076 > > > >> On 2 May 2015, at 04:27, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> His flair for the dramatic is discussed in this long piece published in > The > >> Guardian in 2000: > >> > >> http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2000/jun/10/photography.art > >> > >> I don't think a DVD of Salt of the Earth is available yet but I'd be > >> surprised if it didn't come out in due time. > >> > >> ====On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj < > jayanand at gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> I would like to buy the DVD. I went to his "Genesis" show in London a > >>> couple of years ago, and was frankly underwhelmed by the prints - they > were > >>> totally over processed, and in my view, mangled beyond reason for > maximum > >>> drama. > >>> > >