Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And from The Online Photographer more details: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/09/dxo-film-pack-and-salgados-method.html Since he has said that he doesn't use a computer, I would guess that the DxO film simulation and corrections are done by an assistant? You might notice that one of the endorsements for DXO Film Pack on the current Film Pack page on the DxO website is from Sebasti?o Salgado. From a variety of interviews and public comments, and forum threads*, here's a reconstructed summary of Sebasti?o's digital > film negative > darkroom print workflow: 1. Shoot with a digital camera 2. RAW demosaic (+ exposure correction, I suspect) 3. Process with DxO Film Pack for Kodak TriX 400 or TMax 3200 film simulation. 4. Print that image to a 35mm technical film internegative (so you have a real negative whose image simulates his favorite old films without adding grain). 5. Print the internegative to silver halide paper in Parisian darkroom using his regular printer** (with dodging and burning for the Salgado look). This workflow lets him shoot digital images that look identical to his film images and result in a silver halide archival print and an archival negative (that can be printed from in the future). I think many photographers today have no idea about darkroom printing annotation and pro printers (see for example "Magnum and the Dying Art of Darkroom Printing<http://theliteratelens.com/2012/02/17/magnum-and-the-dying-art-of-darkroom-printing/>" on The Literate Lens). They can add enormous value to a print. Salgado gets the best of both worlds. He (or his assistant) doesn't have to carry 50 lbs. of film to remote locations (and through many Third World X-ray scanners) but he ends up with a negative and print as he did with film. Tina On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Salgado explains why he switched to digital, why he still makes negatives, > and why he prints on Ilford Gold Fiber Silk paper: > > > http://www.ilford.com/en/community/ilford-masters/sebastiao-salgado/interview/ > > Tina > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 3:12 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at > sfr.fr>wrote: > >> Un bon tireur alors :-) >> Just like HCB had one. >> >> Amities >> Philippe >> Le 3 f?vr. 14 ? 21:07, Tina Manley a ?crit : >> >> " >>> "For the Genesis project Sebasti?o Salgado used medium format cameras but >>> since 2008 he has been using Canon?s EOS-1Ds Mark III, adapted so he >>> sees a >>> 645 frame. He says he is astonished by the quality of the image files he >>> is >>> able to produce and that ?going digital? has not led to him taking more >>> pictures. ?I don?t look at the back of the camera after I take a >>> picture. I >>> only look [at the end of a day?s shoot] very quickly to see if there is a >>> problem.? >>> >>> After each trip he returned to his Paris office with around 10,000 >>> pictures. He edits all of the images himself, but not on screen. In fact, >>> he never uses a computer. He has contact sheets produced and edits with a >>> loupe. He then produces his own small prints and edits again. The best >>> images from each trip, around 100, are chosen and a physical negative is >>> created by the Dupon photo lab in Paris. They are then printed on 30x40cm >>> silver paper and checked again, with a further negative being produced if >>> necessary. ?The negatives are so perfect that we can create a digital >>> negative from the physical one and start the whole process again,? he >>> reveals." >>> >>> No Photoshop. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:57 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr >>> >wrote: >>> >>> Amazing photoshop skills! >>>> >>>> Thanks for the link >>>> >>>> Amities >>>> Philippe >>>> >>>> Le 3 f?vr. 14 ? 20:49, Jay Burleson a ?crit : >>>> >>>> http://blog.ted.com/2013/05/01/sebastiao-salgado-a- >>>> >>>>> gallery-of-spectacular-photographs/ >>>>> -- Jay, >>>>> >>>>> Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> >>>>> "Being a Leica customer is like dating the most beautiful girl in the >>>>> world... >>>>> who cares more about herself than you... but, you keep calling her back >>>>> anyway... >>>>> because the sex is so good... most of the time." (RickLeica on LUF) >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to >>>> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. >>>> NO ARCHIVE >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley >>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to >> the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. >> NO ARCHIVE >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com