Are there portrait pros that do only analog B&W ?

[Ken Lee]

... and do they make a decent living ?

Any links to their sites would be greatly appreciated.

[Frank Petronio]

Herb Ritts, Greg Gorman... they mostly work in black and white and were the biggest celeb photogs through the 1990s. They built such nice houses to use as portrait locations that the stars were jealous - so we're talking 5-10 million dollar places...

[John Kasaian]

My cousin's wife used to take children's portraits using B&W and medium format and did quite well.

[Walt Calahan]

Almost nobody does ONLY analog B&W.

But here a friend who does NO digital, and makes almost all his money doing analog B&W:

http://www.mattmendelsohn.com/

Enjoy

I still do analog B&W, but nowhere near what Matt does. I have to admit my clients want mostly color.

http://www.walterpcalahan.com

[John_5572]

Greg Gorman, in a 2004 interview, “Until the past year, digital couldn’t compete with film,” he says. “But now, about 80 to 85 percent of what I shoot is digital. Film is dying. Labs are closing, especially with the onset of larger file sizes. It is now almost essential to learn software programs like Adobe’s Photoshop and to keep your eyes on the latest technology in hardware and software.”

[Kirk Gittings]

OT Isn't Herb Ritt's dead from AIDS by about 2-3 years? Or am I dreaming? Again?

[steve simmons]

Yes, Ritz died about two years ago.

Jack Holowitz shot film in the portrait business in Mass but he is now retired. Much of his work was large format.

steve simmons

[David A. Goldfarb]

<spelling police>Ritts died about two years ago, but I think Ritz is still around. Who's "Ritt" and what was it of Ritt's that died?</spelling police>

[Hans Berkhout]

hily shot! Piloce in the Furom?

[steve simmons]

Herb Ritts died about two years ago.

I do not care how you spell his name. He still died about 2 years ago.

steve simmons