Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Was shot in 1948. Tri x came out in 1955. On 12/16/13 5:54 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > I knew about that shoot story for awhile, but I found the NPR story tonight > and was just surprised that he said Tri-X was used. > > Marty thinks it's probably Plus-X or XX, which makes more sense. > > The assistant would rush to the darkroom and quickly developed and fixed > each neg and brought them out while they were still wet. > > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj > <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Forget the film - that is a super story. I find it surprising, in >> these days of one second gratification, that Dali, his wife and cats >> were prepared to spend ad day on the shoot to take one shot! >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Richard Man >> <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: >>> Dali Atomicus is the famous 1948 picture of Dali and cats and water by >>> Philippe Halsman >>> >> http://www.shootingfilm.net/2013/04/how-famous-dali-atomicus-photo-was-taken. >> html >>> >>> According to this interview with National Geographic Society photographer >>> Chris Rainier, Halsman used Tri-X film: >>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4583051 >>> >>> But according to Kodak, Tri-X wasn't invented until 1954! >>> >> http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Our_Company/History_of_Kodak/Milestones_-_chron >> ology/1930-1959.htm >>> >>> and of course Tri-X TX400 is not available in sheet form (currently). >>> >>> So what did Halsman use? >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/