Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, J Vee
<j.vee@g...> wrote:
> 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  


The "simplicity" to which I refered has to do with simplicity of
equipment. His use of copy negatives was powerful, but relatively
simple intellectually, especially by comparison to all the BS involved
in digitial or dye transfer or Ektacolor printing. 

The results of his 8X10 copy negatives from 4X5 originals demonstrate
his mastery of a relatively complex traditional process, one that was
physically difficult for him because of his rattletrap equipment. 




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> On 6/6/05 9:36 AM, "Brian Ellis" <bellis60@v...> 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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