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Response to hollywood black and white developing

from Ed Farmer (photography2k@hotmail.com)
Kieth's response above is right to the point. This is not a matter of the right film/development combination. The look that George Hurell and others got was the result of harsh "hot" lights, underexposure of the ortho film used at the time, under development (yielding thin negatives) and heavy retouching. Often the majority of the density on the negative was made of pencil lead! Hurell did not allow his subjects to wear makeup. All of that was drawn in later during retouching.

I am not convinced that these are images that you can trully recreate without using the same methods (ortho film can be simulated with filters.) You can come close, your clients might not see a difference.

(posted 8488 days ago)

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