Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/17
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I was under the impression exhibitions demanded 16x20 enlargements.
Having just bought a new easel and spent the extra money for the 16x20
size in case it ever comes up, I was curious. Is 16x20 a preference by
galleries and not a demand? Is the decision the photographer's? Why
16x20, anyway? Is Salgado allowed to pick his own size because of his
fame? Is he saying his Leitz lenses and TriX won't stand a 16x20
enlargement? How well does 35 mm show up at an exhibition? If you
thought a potential shot might be in an exhibition one day should you
pull out a Rollei?
I've only tried one 16x20 on this easel--M2, 9cm Elmar f4, HP5+,
pyro, hand held, Saunders triple condensor, Schneider Componon-S, Agfa
fiber paper. Subject was the columns of the Windsor Ruins. It looks
wonderful to me, and I should add, a girl friend and my mother. While I
was able to see the shot while at the ruins and frame it with the 9 cm
lens, I don't know that I would've picked out that shot from the midst
of a medium format contact print and enlarged it to get the same print
in that format.
We don't get exhibitions down here, and I'm ignorant. Does anyone
have any thoughts on the above questions?
Lee England
Natchez, Mississippi
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