how to achieve this look?

[jaffa_777]

Check this ladies work out.

http://www.zanabriski.com/

Go to the brothels section in her gallery first.

Amazing work. I watched a video documentary of hers called born into brothels, and then looked her up on the net.

I love this type of black and white look. Having just started shooting film, can anyone point me in the right direction to acheive this look.

I was thinking maybe HP5+ for the grit factor, pushed to 800 for extra contrast, and expose for the highlights and let the shadows fall wherever they may. I am heading in the right direction?

I know there is the whole other side to it in developing as well, but I don't have the knowledge or equipment to do that yet.

 

[mattmills]

f/8 and be there. Sure, there's the look of her film, but much more of what you're seeing in that online gallery is light and subject. If you want good grain, you can use delta 3200, something like that, but picture taking depends on light and content much more than film and chemistry.

 

[RML]

but picture taking depends on light and content much more than film and chemistry.

Have to agree.
This look can be achieved even in post-production but the subject, the composition and the balance between light and dark you have to do when you trip the shutter.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

The look is nothing special, but the subject framing is very good.

 

[Jamie123]

As others have already mentioned the contrast can be achieved in post-processing so I wouldn't push for that reason alone. However, a lot of her photos are taken indoors so pushing may (or may not) be necessary if you want to do similar work.

I'm not quite sure what sort of film she uses but some of her photos remind me of "new" films like Delta with very smooth midtones.

 

[dazedgonebye]

Since we know nothing of her workflow, we can't rule out that much of the look wasn't added in photoshop.