Everyone knows he was an accomplished pianist so it follows that he must have had music on in the lab at times. Anyone here know? Just curious.
Everyone knows he was an accomplished pianist so it follows that he must have had music on in the lab at times. Anyone here know? Just curious.
I think it's unlikely - after all, he used a metronome for timing the exposure. Anyone who has tried that will know that music makes you lose the beat...
Adams didn't use a conventional darkroom timer but instead preferred to count the beats on an electronic metronome as a way of timing his basic exposures and his burning/dodging routines. I have a feeling that any music going on in the background (or foreground, for that matter) would have been very distracting to him as he tried to count the beats of the motronone. It certainly would be to me.
I believe there is a radio on his darkroom picture on "The Print".
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you can listen to music when you're printing with a metronome ... just turn it down when you're exposing. good way to keep things from vibrating also.
no idea about a.a. or anyone else, but personally, i can't imagine printing without music. and i use a metronome.
Now you're done it, Dan. People are going to want to know what brand of shoes.
3/4 or 4/4 beat? I need to know or I can't make good prints!
I can always count on you folks for a laugh - thanks!
W. Eugene Smith listened to music in the darkroom. Also had a TV with a filter over the screen.
Used a footswitch with his timer/enlarger/safelight for exposures, but I do not remember reading if he used a metronome. He was supposed to have a huge record collection, about 25,000.
A teacher of mine who was fortunate enough to visit AA's darkroom said he had a grand piano in the darkroom area that he played when the mood struck.
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