Digital BW, The Print

Photographer and fine art printer Richard Wolfson died of brain cancer 
Thursday, December 20, 2007. Richard was known for his black and white landscape 
photography, as well as his environmental portraiture. He was also involved in 
the technical side of photography, developing black and white inkjet inksets for 
MediaStreet and consulting for other companies in the industry. While much of 
Richard's work was large format film, he made the move to digital capture in 
the last few years, with the acquisition of a Canon 1DS Mark 2 full frame 
digital SLR, which he used with his long-time collection of Canon prime lenses.

Richard continued to shoot long after his initial diagnosis, and produced a 
limited edition art book of black and white environmental portraits of other 
cancer patients and their doctors during his treatment. Those of us who knew 
Richard personally will miss his compassion and wit, but most of all his 
penetrating perception into photography and printing.

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.datacolor.com/spyder3


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Thanks David,

He sure was a sweet person. I've had numerous email conversations with
him over the last couple of years and he was always there to help in
anyway he could. He was one of the good ones. I suggest anyone who
hasn't seen his last series of portraits to go online and see them. I
moved on as a class act.


http://www.richardwolfson.com/gallery/show-gallery.php?gallery=ten-patients&show=01

John






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> Photographer and fine art printer Richard Wolfson died of brain cancer 
> Thursday, December 20, 2007. Richard was known for his black and
white landscape 
> photography, as well as his environmental portraiture. He was also
involved in 
> the technical side of photography, developing black and white inkjet
inksets for 
> MediaStreet and consulting for other companies in the industry.
While much of 
> Richard's work was large format film, he made the move to digital
capture in 
> the last few years, with the acquisition of a Canon 1DS Mark 2 full
frame 
> digital SLR, which he used with his long-time collection of Canon
prime lenses.
> 
> Richard continued to shoot long after his initial diagnosis, and
produced a 
> limited edition art book of black and white environmental portraits
of other 
> cancer patients and their doctors during his treatment. Those of us
who knew 
> Richard personally will miss his compassion and wit, but most of all
his 
> penetrating perception into photography and printing.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/spyder3
> 
> 
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I posted this to the Mac list before seeing it here, and this is the
more apropriate forum.
I had no idea Richard was ill. I remember Richard as far back as the
Leben list, someone with whom I exchanged email and phone
conversations, and a true talented black and white enthusiast and
craftsperson who cared about maintaining the high bar and making a
contribution.
I'm sorry to hear of this.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> Photographer and fine art printer Richard Wolfson died of brain cancer 
> Thursday, December 20, 2007. Richard was known for his black and
white landscape 
> photography, as well as his environmental portraiture. He was also
involved in 
> the technical side of photography, developing black and white inkjet
inksets for 
> MediaStreet and consulting for other companies in the industry.
While much of 
> Richard's work was large format film, he made the move to digital
capture in 
> the last few years, with the acquisition of a Canon 1DS Mark 2 full
frame 
> digital SLR, which he used with his long-time collection of Canon
prime lenses.
> 
> Richard continued to shoot long after his initial diagnosis, and
produced a 
> limited edition art book of black and white environmental portraits
of other 
> cancer patients and their doctors during his treatment. Those of us
who knew 
> Richard personally will miss his compassion and wit, but most of all
his 
> penetrating perception into photography and printing.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.datacolor.com/spyder3
> 
> 
> **************************************
> See AOL's top 
> rated recipes
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> 
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I remember him, too, and although I never spoke with him on the  
phone, I also had some e mail exchanges with him, and admired the  
images of his I saw on the web.  I am also saddened to hear of his  
passing.

James Irelan


On Dec 21, 2007, at 8:17 PM, Tyler Boley wrote:

>
> I had no idea Richard was ill. I remember Richard as far back as the
> Leben list, someone with whom I exchanged email and phone
> conversations, and a true talented black and white enthusiast and
> craftsperson who cared about maintaining the high bar and making a
> contribution.
> I'm sorry to hear of this.
> Tyler
>



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Richard was a very open and helpful contributor to our craft. I had several  
email conversations with him while considering using the Mediastreet GQ2 
inkset  in one of my 4000's. He was most generous with his advice and I had looked  
forward to meeting him. His work is a significant contribution to both the 
craft  of photography and the quality levels we can now add to our wokflows 
through his  talent and efforts.
 
Richard Massie



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