Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/08

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Subject: [Leica] Salgado
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:54:42 -0500

Mark,

Most photojournalists who became famous did not do their own printing.
James Nachtwey also had others print his work. The "War Photographer"
documentary about him showed him working with a professional printer to
make his exhibition prints.

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On 12/8/12 6:03 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

>At it stands though when you went to a gallery with a photo show in it in
>the past several decades the chance that the prints on the wall was not
>done
>by the photographer was less than 1 in 100. Frankly the only photographer
>anyone could normally think of who  did not do his own printing was HCB.
>He
>stood alone.  He just had too much money and to much ADD to waist in the
>darkroom. I know I saw his very early prints. That and he worked very
>closely with his darkroom guy. Were they any others? I cant name one can
>you?
>Now with printing made much easier in digital you'd think the percentage
>would be much less. Its not its more. And now we can add Salgato to  the
>very short list of image makers who don't make their own images.
>That said he works very closely, as HCB with his printers who are hands on
>non automated in any way custom printers. Nothing resembling a "machine
>print". Its not like the deal we have now  where you receive a "fine art
>Print" as advertized by the factory which makes them which as untouched by
>human hands and certainly  not even seen first by the photographer. And
>printed on paper which a sheen to it which makes one reminisce about
>Walgreens.
>
>Mark William Rabiner
>Photography
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
>
>
>> From: Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 12:12:16 -0600
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado
>> 
>> Looking back through history, there have been more highly regarded
>> photographers who had others do their printing and processing. The near
>> requirement that only the artist can print his own work is absurd. Every
>> minute shooting is a minute not spent on perfecting his printing.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marty Deveney
>> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 3:01 AM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Salgado
>> 
>> Yes, he has his files made into negs and printed on silver paper.  I
>> think Nathalie Lopparelli still does much of his printing.
>> 
>> Marty
>> 
>> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Richard Man
>><richard at richardmanphoto.com>
>> wrote:
>>> He has people working for him to get his visions.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj
>>> <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Beautiful stuff. Do photographers like Salgado do their own
>>>>processing,
>>>> or
>>>> is it done by some expert at the craft? How much would Salgado control
>>>> the
>>>> final look, or would he leave it to a photo editor? Just curious, it
>>>> really
>>>> does not detract from the beauty of the finished photograph.
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jayanand
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> There are two new articles about Sabastiao Salgado's latest work
>>>> published
>>>>> in the Guardian this morning, and the images are simply stunning:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/sebastiaosalgado
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gerry
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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