Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D., I think you are correct. I recall reading an article about a photographer who was using the largest polaroid camera to shoot life-sized images of ground-zero workers. Of course, I remember neither the article nor the photographer. )-: But this sounds like it is the same "project". - -Doug - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 9:59 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] McNally show--the actual images vs. the publicity/book images > I may be wrong, but I believe the images were shot with a much larger, > 'life-size' camera. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of S Dimitrov > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 9:49 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] McNally show--the actual images vs. the > publicity/book images > > > I believe they were done with the 20x24 camera. The laying of the > emulsion is done prior to shooting. The camera I saw on the West Coast > had, get for this, Fuji lenses. > As far as Polaroid not being listed, it's a credit to them. Having been > in their artist support program in the past, I found their criteria for > quality to be very stringent. > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > Martin Krieger wrote: > > > > I went to the McNally show the day it opened in LA. What is striking > to > > me is the very big difference between the actual images and the images as > > printed. The printed images seem to have hyped-up saturation, a > cleaned-up > > whitened background, and do not feel at all like the Polaroids (which I > > think are on the ER film). Could it be that the printed images (in the > book, > > in the ads, in the mags) are taken with another camera at the same time > that > > the Polaroids are? Or, have the Polaroids already suffered from fading > (the > > backgrounds have a distinct greenish tint). (Notice that Polaroid Corp is > > never listed as a sponsor. I wondered why.) > > By the way, the lighting is such that it shines into your eyes if you > > get close to the image. A big brimmed hat helps. > > Also, the Polaroids do not seem very sharp when you get close to them. > > That infamous U2 lens they claim to have used seems to be not that good. I > > know that the ER film is never so sharp, but I think the weakness here is > in > > the lens. > > Anyone know more? > > Martin > > krieger@usc.edu > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html