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HCB, photoshopped?

edmund

New member
Check out this video from HCB, around the 1:00 min mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea3E_8otCME

I was a little shocked to see that HCB's photos were being photoshopped! :shocked:

Perhaps a little naive, but for some reason I had this ideal that all of HCBs photos just came out perfect.


What do you all think?
 

kevinparis

Member
from what i understand he never printed his own shots anyway or maybe even developed his own film... that wasn't his thing... something about being a hunter not a cook

K
 

edmund

New member
Yes yes, I do remember that as well. He said in one interview he never had an interest in developing the film. He would always just send it off to be printed. Often he wouldnt even see his prints until they were in a magazine.

On another note - Ansel says it very well at about the 4:10 min mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWhQGU2RYuM

"The negative is like the composer's score, all the information is there, and then the print is the performance." - Ansel Adams
 

Bob

Administrator
Staff member
I am not surprised at all.
It is just part of the modern production process.
-bob
 
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Adam Marelli

Guest
Hey Edmund,

Cartier-Bresson printed his work early on, but admits printing was not his skill. He did not develop much of his own film either. He was a "clicker."

Over the years he used one printer for most of his work. I guess with the demands of publication, scanning, and other media photoshop came it as a way for them to match to his original hand prints.

Great video, thanks for sending.

Best-Adam

http://wwww.adammarelliphoto.com
 
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