I was amazed to note that Brett has a slight NEW ENGLAND accent.David A. Goldfarb said:My copy arrived, and it's a neat thing. Brett Weston is a little mumbly, and the sound is a little distorted, so it helps to listen on headphones rather than with the typical TV speaker, but it's great to watch him at work, particularly in the few darkroom snippets, and it's worth it for the images.
kenmeyersphoto said:I recently came across a DVD about Brett Weston that Art Wright did. It is great. It shows him out photographing in the field, working in the darkroom etc... It also includes some 800 photographs from the Brett Weston archives at the end of the DVD. For any Brett Weston fan, this is a must have.
http://www.brettwestonphotographer.com/
You'll notice that it's only the nails on ONE hand. Stained from having his hand in a tray of developer.Changeling1 said:I played the clip from the DVD and I swear Weston's finger nails were BLACK! Here in Hollywood, we see a lot of that nowadays but I can't imagine a man wearing finger nail polish way back when that DVD footage was shot. Are my eyes deceiving me or is this a Halloween trick?
JHannon said:I was in Oklahoma for two weeks on business. Just got off the plane. I was pretty much trapped at a training session for the USPS. No time for cameras or visiting museums. Maybe next time I will be able to see it. Thanks for the information.
--John
Bill Mitchell said:I was amazed to note that Brett has a slight NEW ENGLAND accent.
Changeling1 said:Thanks everyone for setting me straight about Weston's blackened fingernails. Yup, for hand processing sheet film I would guess that an apron, gloves, and concrete floor might be the best way to go.
laz said:I am curious. There seems to be a preponderance of Brett Weston fans here at APUG. Besides the obvious (great photographer!) is there another reason for this like a bunch of his students are APUGers?
David A. Goldfarb said:The black stains were from amidol in the print developer. I'm fairly sure that like his father, Brett Weston used amidol for prints and ABC pyro for negs. Pyro produces brown/orange stains on skin, though, so it's good to wear gloves for that too. Gloves will also reduce the possibility of scratching the film with your fingernails.
Jimmy Peguet said:Hi Christian,
I am almost completely ignorant as regards DVD : are US disks readable on our french machines ?
Jimmy
thetimedissolver said:There are more photography DVDs and VHS here,
Kertesz, Callahan, Morgan, Salgado, Abell et. al.
http://www.icp.org/
If I was only smart enough back then to make it a reallity. The only guy I know that can make you say Ansel who?laz said:I am curious. There seems to be a preponderance of Brett Weston fans here at APUG. Besides the obvious (great photographer!) is there another reason for this like a bunch of his students are APUGers?
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