Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Truth is, I don't recall exactly what we discussed, and maybe involvement was not the best word, but Salgado was definitely influenced by Smith. Perhaps i was thinking of a comment he made to that regard. And yes, Seb has won the WES prize at least once. Smith died in 1978. - -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:belinkoff@earthlink.net "Why should I use a meter? What if the darn thing broke on me when I was out making a photograph? Then what would I do?" Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm not sure what involvement that might have been. Smith died in the > mid 70s I think, round about the time Salgado was joining Magnum, so they > may have met I suppose, but hasn't Salgado won the WE Smith prize on a > couple of occasions? His printing is similar to Smith's in many ways - > lots of bleaching and manipulation, and they share a taste for > dramatic classical composition and light. I think Salgado acknowledges WES > as a major influence, but I'm not sure that that could be classed as > 'involvement'. Salgado's name doesn't feature in the index of Hughes' > biog of WES. > > I think you're certainly correct that WES is a greater influence on > Salty Seb's work then Hank is.