Response to hollywood black and white developing

Orthochromatic film will darken, not lighten, caucasian skin, and is typically reserved for *male* subjects when a "rugged" or "bronzed" appearance is desired. Hurrell abandoned orthochromatic film for panchromatic film quite early in his career. He also abandoned soft- focus lenses for sharp "commercial" lenses at about the same time, which is less well known. Most of the Hurrell "look" results from heavy graphite retouching of his large-format negatives. The best way to duplicate this effect is, of course, with heavy graphite retouching of *your* large-format negatives.

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