[Leica] OKCLUG Goes To Salgado Movie

[Ken Carney]

With Salgado, from what I have read it is a combination of who and 
what.   He (and/or assistants) work on the digital file to taste, have 
it written to a 35mm or larger film negative and printed in the darkroom 
on silver paper.  In addition, as Jayanand noted, I have read that the 
Genesis exhibition prints were inkjet.  Somewhere in the mix I think 
platinum/palladium contact prints were made too for collectors.

Ken

On 5/3/2015 9:16 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> I meant the guy who does the printing, not the Epson or Hp or whatever .... ;-)
>
> On 03/05/2015 02:12, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>> I do not think it depends on the printer, but the guy doing his processing - at least Genesis was totally digital, if I am not mistaken. Pushing the Shadows and the Highlights sliders to 100% each will get you started in the right direction! :-) Seriously, though, that sort of overwrought drama is easily possible with Silver Efex Pro, at least.
>>
>> A large part of the advantage that someone like Salgado has over you and me is access - some of the polar photographs in Genesis are taken in places that are strictly off limits for mere mortals. The other advantage is the ability to hang around as long as it takes to get the shot - but that is the difference between a top pro and an amateur...
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On 03-May-2015, at 04:51, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> 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
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
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