I am pretty sure Salgado shoots digitally, massages the files, then has that output to film for printing. Maybe he gets it printed directly, don't know.
I think he has lost the special type of aesthetic that he used to have that really was beautiful with the deep wonderful tones. Now his photographs look rather off. They remind me in some ways of Dobrowner's work which is manipulated to within an inch of it's death in the computer.
I have seen other photographers that were incredibly good, not at Salgado's level, but when they made the switch to digital lost the magic that they had. It is unfortunate. This is not a rail against digital. Sometimes people just can't translate well with all the new words they see in front of them.
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