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Subject: [Leica] What film did HCB use?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:03:21 -0400

Gassman made the prints but his dog Picto supervised.
Same as Edison and his shaggy dog.

Mark

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Mark William Rabiner



> From: Phil Swango <pswango at att.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 21:56:44 -0600
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] What film did HCB use?
> 
> Marty Deveney wrote:
> Of course, but I think you underestimate the disparity in his volume
> of rolls shot pre- and post-WWII.  before WWII he shot a variety of
> films from Agfa, Kodak, Ilford and other manufacturers.  Between the
> end of WWII and 1955 he mostly shot Ilford HPS and XX.  After that he
> mostly used HP4 and Tri-X.  You can see a lot of work and discuss with
> relevant people at the Foundation Cartier-Bresson:
> http://www.henricartierbresson.org/index_en.htm - I found the staff
> very helpful when I visited.
> ======================
> 
> The printer usually associated with his prints was Pierre Gassman, who died
> in 2004, like HCB.  He was at Picto, as Marty noted.  Whether he actually
> made the prints I have no idea, but his name comes up as the printer.
> http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5009737788
> 
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