Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]salgado's works digital, but he makes negatives of the files and they are printed the old fashion way so he can work on his digital files before he makes negatieves and in the darkroom they can also manipulate best regards Ken Carney schreef op 3/05/15 om 03:04: > Well, I have yet to see a digital print that matched the range of > Ansel's. This is looking at gallery prints - they all seem to have > issues when reproduced in a book, etc. The new Epson P800 is a 17" > printer that is supposed to have significantly improved blacks (plus a > 400-year print life, something we all need). If so I may buy one and > keep my 3880 for color. > > Ken > > On 5/2/2015 6:21 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote: >> I wonder about that too, Bob. I guess it may be due to the printers. >> >> So a question to LUGers, who is the best printer out there at the >> moment? >> Obviously it depends on taste to some degreee, but I have been >> looking back at >> AA, HCB and others and I can't find a similar depth in modern digital >> stuff by >> and large. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Peter >> >> On 02/05/2015 16:17, Robert Baron wrote: >>> 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. >>>>>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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