[Leica] Magnum & the Dying Art of Darkroom Printing

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

The booze and the fact that he was not printing every day. Nor every week.
But probably more like every month or so. And ES had issues.

-- 
Mark R.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/


> From: Tarek Charara <tcharara at mac.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:19:19 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Magnum & the Dying Art of Darkroom Printing
> 
> Oh? Some printers are (were) very famous! Jean-Yves Br?gand (Jean-Loup 
> Sieff),
> Philippe Sala?n (Doisneau), Georges Fevre (Koudelka, Bresson)? and of 
> course
> Fresson. <http://www.atelier-fresson.com/home.htm> Fresson is a bit special
> because he does Carbon prints.
> As to the 2 days in the darkroom for the ONE print? I have always wondered 
> if
> the booze had anything to do with it? :)
> 
> All the best from Paris!
> 
> Tarek
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> Tarek Charara
> <http://www.tarekcharara.com>
> 
> NO ARCHIVE
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Le 8 mars 2012 ? 10:03, Richard Man a ?crit :
> 
>> I have read that a master printer like Voja Mitrovic, "..world renowned
>> master printer who has been a long time printer for Henri Cartier-Bresson,
>> Josef Koudelka, Rene Burri, Peter Turnley, and many others" can spot how
>> best to print a negative visually and in a short time, so they don't spend
>> hours trying to get a master print - well, at least good enough for us
>> mortals anyway. I also read that Gene Smith would often go into a darkroom
>> with a pack of printing paper and a bottle of something and 2 days later,
>> came out with a single print...
> 
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