Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/18

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Subject: [Leica] Greatest B&W Printers of all time?
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:18:10 +0930
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Agreed entirely George.  Books are nice to look at.  You don't learn
how to print from the photos in books.

Watching Voja or Nathalie Loparelli or any number of other great
printers work is an incredible education, as valuable as looking at
their prints.

Marty


On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:13 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
wrote:
> So very true Marty.
>
> I think one must also put energy, effort
> and take every opportunity
> to see the various master's prints
> in galleries and museum collections.
>
> The books, no matter how well printed,
> will never do in developing the sensitivity
> you're referring to.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2010, at 10:20 PM, Marty Deveney wrote:
>
>> No-one can expect
>> to just jump in and have that judgment or skill. ?The best things
>> about workshops are that you can see really first-rate work, which
>> helps develop sensitivity, and technique that can help you get there,
>> and faster.
>
>
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