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Subject: [Leica] What film did HCB use?
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:23:00 +0930
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He used Tri-X and Ilford HPS and HP3, depending on when the shots were
taken.  The later work was processed at Picto in Paris.  The films
have changed, so the look won't be the same, but good luck.

Marty


On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:41 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just for kicks I want to try to duplicate the 'look', not of course the 
> artistry, of HCB's photographs. Probably a foolish endeavor but hey I've 
> got an M4 and a collapsible Summicron so why not? Anybody know what 
> film/developer combo he used most often? I've heard most of his photos 
> were actually processed and printed by someone else (at Magnum?)
>
> Jim Laird
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