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<Mod Edit> I have moved this to the new Photographic Concepts forum because it seems like a better place for it than F&C ( and we need to coax some of the F&C crowd out of their hidey-hole </mod-edit>
I'm putting this in F&C because most of the videos I watch and get inspired by are film photographers (or photographers who shot on film)
Tonight, I stumbled across this gem which is an interview with Ray Barbee. I have no clue who he is, but once the intro is done (takes a while to get going), I found his talk on printing, and also on Digital vs Film to be very absorbing. I too identify with much of the content here.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8axbOTR0d7Q
To copy out the quote (which is available on Constantine Manos' site)
So do you have any interesting or thought provoking videos to share?
I'm putting this in F&C because most of the videos I watch and get inspired by are film photographers (or photographers who shot on film)
Tonight, I stumbled across this gem which is an interview with Ray Barbee. I have no clue who he is, but once the intro is done (takes a while to get going), I found his talk on printing, and also on Digital vs Film to be very absorbing. I too identify with much of the content here.
To copy out the quote (which is available on Constantine Manos' site)
The Print
There are photographers who still believe that a photograph does not exist until it is a print. There remains in their memory the experience of working in a darkroom and recalling the magic of seeing an image gradually appear on a piece of paper in a tray of liquid, all this bathed in a warm golden light.
If processed and stored properly this print can last for generations. It becomes archival; it becomes vintage. It becomes a treasure to be put in a fine box between soft acid-free tissues. It can be framed and hung in a favorite spot, to become an object of daily pleasure and comfort. It is a real object we can hold in our hands, not a negative or an image floating around in space and stored in cold machines.
Whether captured on film or captured digitally, this print, this object, reflects the craft and skill and pride of its maker. Its quality is a reflection of the skill and art of its making.
Let us sign it with our name as an expression of pride and accomplishment – whether we have made it ourselves or have entrusted its making to a skilled artisan. Let us be collectors and guardians of these beautiful artifacts.
Let us celebrate the print.
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There are photographers who still believe that a photograph does not exist until it is a print. There remains in their memory the experience of working in a darkroom and recalling the magic of seeing an image gradually appear on a piece of paper in a tray of liquid, all this bathed in a warm golden light.
If processed and stored properly this print can last for generations. It becomes archival; it becomes vintage. It becomes a treasure to be put in a fine box between soft acid-free tissues. It can be framed and hung in a favorite spot, to become an object of daily pleasure and comfort. It is a real object we can hold in our hands, not a negative or an image floating around in space and stored in cold machines.
Whether captured on film or captured digitally, this print, this object, reflects the craft and skill and pride of its maker. Its quality is a reflection of the skill and art of its making.
Let us sign it with our name as an expression of pride and accomplishment – whether we have made it ourselves or have entrusted its making to a skilled artisan. Let us be collectors and guardians of these beautiful artifacts.
Let us celebrate the print.
(Source)
So do you have any interesting or thought provoking videos to share?
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