Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wonder about that too, Bob. I guess it may be due to the printers. So a question to LUGers, who is the best printer out there at the moment? Obviously it depends on taste to some degreee, but I have been looking back at AA, HCB and others and I can't find a similar depth in modern digital stuff by and large. Thoughts? Peter On 02/05/2015 16:17, Robert Baron wrote: > What you all say about his images and prints is valid for discussion, but I > still can't figure out how he (or people working for him) can get such wide > tonal ranges and I can't. > > Is it an optical illusion? > > --Bob > > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 2:17 AM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I saw Genesis in Barcelona in January together with Lluis and my friend >> Lars, and we too were somewhat disappointed. Partly there was the issue of >> the prints being overdone, but my main gripe was the lack of a coherent >> theme?the exhibition is simply too big?and the distance to his subjects. >> In >> many cases, his approach to the people in the photographs is that of a >> wildlife photographer. Compared to other major bodies of work by Salgado, >> like ?Workers?, I found this one below his usual standard. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> >> YNWA >> >>> On 02 May 2015, at 07:31, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I haven?t seen the film, nor had I heard of it until now but I did see >> the ?Genesis? show in Barcelona last year and was simply stunned by the >> imagery and quality of the printing. In my eyes the man is probably about >> the best living photographer at the moment for so many reasons, and I saw >> gazing at prints in sheer awe of his work. >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> Gerry Walden >>> 023 8046 3076 >>> >>>> On 2 May 2015, at 04:27, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> His flair for the dramatic is discussed in this long piece published in >> The >>>> Guardian in 2000: >>>> >>>> http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2000/jun/10/photography.art >>>> >>>> I don't think a DVD of Salt of the Earth is available yet but I'd be >>>> surprised if it didn't come out in due time. >>>> >>>> ====On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj < >> jayanand at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I would like to buy the DVD. I went to his "Genesis" show in London a >>>>> couple of years ago, and was frankly underwhelmed by the prints - they >> were >>>>> totally over processed, and in my view, mangled beyond reason for >> maximum >>>>> drama. >>>>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig