Greetings!
If Edward Weston were alive today, what film and which photographic paper do you think he would use for his 8 x 10 view camera?
Would he use a fine grain film, like Illford FP-4, or would he use something like Tri-X?
Would he use Azo, or some other brand of paper for his contact prints?
Thanks.
How can anyone know ? Creative people change over their lives.
If EW were alive today, he wouldnt have time for photography. He would be too busy arguing about what it is.
Wayne,
That is the best response I think I've seen in this forum for months.
You sir, are now my hero!
Enjoy your weekend everyone.
He'd shoot all-digital, and philosophize/whine about how the photo-shop users were blind to "straight" digital photography. He'd have a blog instead of a daybook, and put password-protection on his files so his kids couldn't print his work. And at the end of his career, he'd wipe his hard drive.
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
If Edward Weston were alive today, he'd be 119 years old. He wouldn't be able to remember what kind of film was in the holder, or the correct dilution of ABC pyro, or which side of the paper the emulsion was on, or where Charis hid his dentures....
And he'd still be better than every one of us.
He'd use Viagra and hopefully still be gicleeing with his models.
Brian Ellis
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you do criticize them you'll be
a mile away and you'll have their shoes.
I almost spit out my coffee all over my monitor when I read that!
My question was a serious one, and I must admit that I'm a little surprised at the sophomoric quality of most of the responses posted so far.
I had an opportunity this past week to view two prints made by Cole Weston from his father's negatives. The prints were Nude, 1936 and Eel River Ranch, 1937. These images are among the finest I have ever seen. They were not only sharp and grain free, but each had beautiful luminosity, volume, space, and a very lovely tonality. I also looked at vintage prints made by Brett Weston, Morley Bear, Don Worth, Paul Caponigro, and Ansel Adams. The Edward/Cole Weston effort was without peer, which led me to wonder what materials would Edward Weston use today, a seemingly valid question given the wonderful quality of these prints.
But I guess this site is not into photographic art appreciation or history?
Too bad.
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