Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Clayton Price
<clay@...> wrote:
 
> Well, seeing those three prints, 2 of which were in process, the Zone  
> System bubble burst within me, and I realized
> Adam's fantastic darkroom skills, just as Weston, and Gene Smith, who  
> I don't think worked in Zone System - at least
> not formally!
> 
> Clayton Price
> 
> 
Hi Clayton,

Gene Smith had his own proprietary printing system and to his death
never allowed anyone to touch his negatives. 

The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona
acquired the Smith archive after his death, where his secret printing
methods were finally revealed.

Jim Hugues authored an article entitled "The Real Darkroom Secrets of
Gene Smith" in Darkroom Techniques, nov/dec 1995. I think he also
wrote Gene Smith's biography.

Cheers,
André