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I'd say much of Salgados' prints are the results of Salgados' printer. I'd bet that even with a "poor" Salgado negative some very nice prints are made. (Watch the documentary War Photographer sometime. There's a scene in it where Natchwey is having a print made. It's an interesting few moments.)
I think the best thing is to find a system that works (a film that's easily available, a developer that's easily available, and materials you find easy to use) and then try to master it.
Much of it depends on the amount of film one goes through. Salgado will shoot thousands and thousands of rolls of film compared to hundreds or even dozens a more causal shooter may go through. He'll have a way of dealing with high contrast situations, low contrast situations, low light, etc. After that I'm sure his lab people are told what's what and they act accordingly.
I know people who constantly change their technique trying to find what works "best" and never stick with something long enough to get the results they hope for - they are more into the "fun" of trying new stuff than they are into the slight tweaking that comes with sticking to something.
Sometimes these people tell me of a wonderful new system they have and when they show a negative or a print it looks little different from anything they did before.
And there are so many opinions out there it's hard to know what to do. Depends on what you like and what you are most comfortable with.
I think the best thing is to find a system that works (a film that's easily available, a developer that's easily available, and materials you find easy to use) and then try to master it.
Much of it depends on the amount of film one goes through. Salgado will shoot thousands and thousands of rolls of film compared to hundreds or even dozens a more causal shooter may go through. He'll have a way of dealing with high contrast situations, low contrast situations, low light, etc. After that I'm sure his lab people are told what's what and they act accordingly.
I know people who constantly change their technique trying to find what works "best" and never stick with something long enough to get the results they hope for - they are more into the "fun" of trying new stuff than they are into the slight tweaking that comes with sticking to something.
Sometimes these people tell me of a wonderful new system they have and when they show a negative or a print it looks little different from anything they did before.
And there are so many opinions out there it's hard to know what to do. Depends on what you like and what you are most comfortable with.
