Discussion about Fashion Fotos and Edward Jean Steichen got me thinking about a documentary done on George Hurrell some years ago. The doc appeared on Youtube, then disappeared. Now it has re-appeared. This is a worth while watch for any interested this style of Portrait image making using a LF camera, lighting, composition. Keep in mind George Hurrell started out as a painter, then moved on to photography as a means for survival. Keep in mind, the 8x10 negatives used to create these Hollywood images from that era were "retouched" to extreme degrees in some cases (scrape, fill, pencil and a LOT more) to achieve the PR look needed and expected. This is one of the many reasons why the 8x10 film negative was such an excellent tool for this kind of image making.

The doc was sponsored by Canon.. which is a bit "humorous" near the end as there is Canon EOS promo near the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G7-J0lOncQ



Bernice