Digital BW, The Print

Cole Weston told me what a problem it was to dodge and burn exactly when
printing some of those prints, while contact printing.  Maybe I am mistaken,
but I get the impression from the thread that some feel it was a ³simple²
contact print.  I am not sure, but I think he may also have used the
neg(dodge-burn) - pos (manipulate) -Neg (manipulate) which allows a
³perfect² copy negative for contact printing (something I commonly still do)
J Vee  


On 6/6/05 9:36 AM, "Brian Ellis" <bellis60@...> wrote:
> 
> 
> "The era" in which Weston photographed was an approximate 40 year period
> extending from about 1915 to about 1955. The enlargers from that time frame
> were fine.  His refusal to use an enlarger
> wasn't based on any deficiency in the equipment, he just didn't think that
> enlargements produced the degree of detail and tonality he was seeking and
> could obtain from contact prints.
> 
>> >I think the reason he made contact >prints was the simplicity. He used
>> >the easiest process.




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