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Subject: [Leica] Salgado photos
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:29:37 -0500
References: <52EFF2DF.9070400@jayburleson.com> <EAC19F9B-10F4-4CCE-B2E6-7003BE197CCE@sfr.fr> <CA+yJO1C8=o_EGsckmn2bdOJ5hb9ci65B9O8xuBX0t8ybvGpA=g@mail.gmail.com> <CF8B25DB-227F-4546-85B6-F533A7583EDC@sfr.fr>

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)
>>>>
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>>
>> --
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>>
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>
> 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
>
>
>
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Tina Manley
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