I don't have a philosophy, I have a camera. I look into the camera and take pictures. My photographs are the tiniest part of what I can see that can be photographed.
ftllens wrote:
Was there an exhibit or something, every new photographer pinging me if I know who Saul Leiter is all within 2 weeks of eachother lol
This is like: “What are you listening to?” - “It’s new music, you wouldn’t know it, Dad.” - “Sounds like Metallica.” - “What How did you know?”
I get a few different Saul Lester youtube videos in suggested often lately.
Desmolicious wrote: I don't have a philosophy, I have a camera. I look into the camera and take pictures. My photographs are the tiniest part of what I can see that can be photographed.
And there are still thousands of his photographs and negatives that are yet unseen and that Margit Erb and Michael Parillo at his posthumous foundation are working their way through.
It may also be of interest that from 2003 when he began to use digital, Leiter used many different cameras, all of them with smaller than full-frame sensors and with limited dynamic range.
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pmeheut wrote:
Thanks. I admire a lot of great photographers but I'm very bad with colors so Saul Leiter, Ernst Haas and a few others are even more impressive to me
I am extremely the same. Color management in windows is of no help of course.
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Desmolicious wrote: I don't have a philosophy, I have a camera. I look into the camera and take pictures. My photographs are the tiniest part of what I can see that can be photographed.
No insecurities, just a clear eye. Brilliant.
And, he still whispers, "it's not about the gear..." Thanks for posting.
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Tina Kino wrote:
Those colors are absolutely amazing, wish we still had Kodachrome like in those days 🥰
His photographic/biographic book has color images unlike any that I’ve seen from Kodachrome. Perhaps, much of the muted colors came about from great printing, but the color palette and compositions are remarkable. Also, some were from Cibachrome prints from as early as 1959. I had no idea that Cibachrome went that far back. The longevity of those prints are amazing. I have Cibachrome prints from the late 1960’s/early 70’s that look as if just printed. Even his commercial work has a unique look. His paintings and his photographs could be hung side by side and maintain continuity of style.
How did you know?” 
