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Subject: [Leica] What film did HCB use?
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 14:23:56 +0930
References: <BANLkTinkESUGk+UVZgvGr=fb3QHdyMah2g@mail.gmail.com> <CA15BE49.FF86%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Most of HCBs later prints were made by Voja Mitrovic.  Who at Picto
printed them prior to Voja starting there in 1964 I'm not sure.

Marty

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> Gassman made the prints but his dog Picto supervised.
> Same as Edison and his shaggy dog.
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> Mark
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> Mark William Rabiner
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>> 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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