New York Mary Ellen Mark at Aperture

[cz23]

Marks often used professional printers. She was quite generous in giving credit to the professional printers she worked with. Sarah Jenkins, Sal Lopes two greats who printed for her.

I have never personally printed work for show, I have printed B&W for other photographers when I was young, and learned I have no talent or interest in printing.

There are many photographers, like me, who should not print, we just ruin photographs. 🙂

Yeah, that's the other issue - pro assistants. I printed a lot in the old days, but my prints from digital today are better and more consistent than what I was able to achieve back then. I'm grateful today's technology allows me to focus on the aspects of photography I enjoy most -- picture-making and assembly -- rather than the back-end technical stuff.

John

 

[Calzone]

Yeah, that's the other issue - pro assistants.
John

John,

Like in the award winning documentry film "Twenty Feet From Stardom" there are the unsung heros that are not in the spotlight, but not far away.

Cal