tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post1760606634223192150..comments2023-12-29T19:25:59.927-05:00Comments on We're Just Sayin: A Tyranny of OnesIris&Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131960635510843593noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-22939104653028798502012-09-06T13:15:38.128-04:002012-09-06T13:15:38.128-04:00Thanks David, every time I feel like it's all ...Thanks David, every time I feel like it's all getting to me I take a look at your stuff and I get back up and with renewd enthusiasim dive back<br /> into the world of 1's 0's and 2 1/4<br />Best <br />BruceBruce Robert Wahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926817611172033612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-27267771120724333692012-08-24T00:52:32.607-04:002012-08-24T00:52:32.607-04:00Bravo! Encore encore!Bravo! Encore encore!Eric Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139294677098327969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-1603120765628708372012-08-21T19:48:36.139-04:002012-08-21T19:48:36.139-04:00David,
Thanks for articulating what drew us to ph...David,<br /><br />Thanks for articulating what drew us to photography in the 50's & 60's. My first view of that magic print in the Dektol happened on a sleepover at a friends. We were both 13, he and his dad had built darkroom in the basement. Under safelight conditions he put a negative in his Federal (remember those) enlarger. I stood mesmerized as that blank sheet of paper transformed into a photographic image. To this day I can still visualize that compelling moment.<br /><br />Like yourself I got some early training and experience shooting for my school publications. Equipment ranged from 4x5, 2 1/4 and 35mm. Each required it's own discipline in shooting and developing. In those early days I was told to study the prints of Ansel Adams (large format) and W. Eugene Smith for 35mm. Smith's technique freed me from the tongs to as your said a hands on approach. Potassium Ferricyanide became a well used tool.<br /><br />While digital manipulation allows you many of the same techniques-if you love the darkroom-there is something so special in bringing out the detail in a print by rubbing or breathing on it as your hand are covered in Dektol.<br /><br />Thank you David for keeping film alive in journalism and photography in general. You have goaded me into bringing my film cameras out of the closet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196373709543358004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-62409662377446458522012-08-20T21:06:53.328-04:002012-08-20T21:06:53.328-04:00Your words warm my soul David.
FIlm is still a cho...Your words warm my soul David.<br />FIlm is still a choice, thankfully.<br />PaulPaul Atkinshttp://www.atkins.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-58448014479621157102012-08-19T06:02:54.974-04:002012-08-19T06:02:54.974-04:00Rupert Grey said
A wonderfully evocative piece Da...Rupert Grey said<br /><br />A wonderfully evocative piece David. I recall shooting with in the slums of Dhaka, I with my nikon film cameras and you with the Monarch of Image-makers. It was you of course that drew the crowds. I just took the snap-shots of you and weaving the magic. I still haven't had a moment to print what i took of that day<br /><br />And the darkroom, of course, another realm of magicRupert Greynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-35994393434292220952012-08-18T17:59:45.552-04:002012-08-18T17:59:45.552-04:00Thank youThank youBecky Bhttp://www.beckyruppel.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-54027971073262122532012-08-18T11:10:07.273-04:002012-08-18T11:10:07.273-04:00My photographic experience began much like yours D...My photographic experience began much like yours Dave, in a darkroom just across the valley from yours, some years after yours did though. And while I am not a professional photographer, I will remain loyal to film as part of my photographic experience. Ling live silver halide crystals!<br />Brian<br />www.mtbbrian.com Brian L. Schielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370154673817423293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-3305680483619411492012-08-18T10:59:15.186-04:002012-08-18T10:59:15.186-04:00you rock, David - come to Texas and lets go shoot ...you rock, David - come to Texas and lets go shoot those old time BBQ places that are rapidly disappearing Alfonso Cevolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983431475848714789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-50141946652589588092012-08-18T07:45:03.997-04:002012-08-18T07:45:03.997-04:00Beautifully written, a rendering itself. This need...Beautifully written, a rendering itself. This needs to be published, maybe in NatGeo, along with 20 B/W examples that capture that something, that essence, that your words do. Brady Sparkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656786129962605593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-18412264276421940842012-08-17T15:04:36.643-04:002012-08-17T15:04:36.643-04:00Great column with much insight. Did you hand carry...Great column with much insight. Did you hand carry those 4x5s through X-Ray or FedEx 'em? David Hutsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-63217929339051942532012-08-17T14:48:18.874-04:002012-08-17T14:48:18.874-04:00Thank you for perfectly articulating how many of u...Thank you for perfectly articulating how many of us who came of age using analog photographic processes feel about their demise. It took a long time for me to detach from all those rituals and tasks for which there was a real love for. Digital capture freed up all the time that those tasks took, but something was lost. The organic beauty and tactile connection to the final image has been supplanted by a cold, objective rendering transmitted by a machine. I still have my darkroom, but it's hard to find the time to get in there; when I do, I remember why I can't give it up. Thanks David, for your insights and all your wonderful work over the years.James Portohttp://www.jamesporto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-33069507231025071362012-08-17T13:30:43.762-04:002012-08-17T13:30:43.762-04:00Thank you Mr. Burnett. Thank you.Thank you Mr. Burnett. Thank you.john fowlerhttp://www.johnfowler.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-55377389265900168952012-08-17T13:11:10.476-04:002012-08-17T13:11:10.476-04:00I ruined both my first roll of film and my first p...I ruined both my first roll of film and my first print but it didn't matter. I rolled the film on top of itself so when I pulled the film off the reel the pink and gooey emulsion came off on my hands. But, I found this oddly amusing and knew I was hooked. Great post DB. Smogranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617963543271414468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-3426309500202651612012-08-17T12:51:42.076-04:002012-08-17T12:51:42.076-04:00This is a lovely articulation of the intuitive and...This is a lovely articulation of the intuitive and the mysterious that allows us to see and more importantly, to absorb what we see. The magic precedes the darkroom, I think. There is something about the rhythm of shooting film that is so different (and preferable imho) from shooting digital. It is sensual, there's that "aha" moment when you feel in your fingertips that you've gotten it, that you've worked the intangible relationship aspect of approaching your subject, and you've arrived. Thanks David!Sarahhttp://sarahputnam.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-57399978134721955712012-08-17T12:41:27.662-04:002012-08-17T12:41:27.662-04:00Inspiring, as usual. Thank you for this thoughtfu...Inspiring, as usual. Thank you for this thoughtful, insightful post. I can't wait to see what you did with that 4x5 at this year's Olympics.<br />Cheers,<br />SusanSusan Seuberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10627672273371222600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26527197.post-15570496751905536062012-08-17T12:27:05.326-04:002012-08-17T12:27:05.326-04:00Yup, that first print emerging in the developer is...Yup, that first print emerging in the developer is remembered as first love, and the desire to make more.And I too revolt against the "Tyranny of Ones"in all its inevitability.<br />Owen Lucknoreply@blogger.com