I was surprised when I came across some new work by Michael A. Smith - he is doing big color portraits.

http://www.contemporaryworks.net/art...mgs.php/1/6804

Read the link to the "biography". It says he's using 8x10 and has a bit of backstory on the series. Doesn't say if they are contact prints or if they are Type C or Ilfochrome or something else.