Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:06 AM 11/13/03 -0700, Kit McChesney wrote: >I hope I wasn't the only LUG member who tuned in to Charlie Rose last night >(it's on really late here, but worth staying up for) to see Sally Mann >interviewed about her past work, but more about her new book, "What >Remains." In her new work she has actually photographed "remains" (dead >bodies) ... on first glance, one might think the work gruesome, but >actually, the work is incredibly moving and terrifically beautiful. All >large format work. She revealed an interesting note about how she works. I'm >paraphrasing here ... "I have no light meter, and no shutter on the camera, >so I just put my hand in front of the lens and remove it for the time that I >estimate the exposure requires." ================== Kit I have known Sally Mann for some 35 years or so, as I used to work for her mother, and her husband was several years ahead of me at the same college. She is one hell of a darkroom technician, arguably the best I have yet encountered. I care neither for her photographic style nor her cultural approaches, but she is a superb technician. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html