Neopan or Tri-X?

[Highway 61]

Really ugly?

Haha ! Medium format, perfect lighting and exposure, marvelous woman face, beautiful expression.

You win. 🙂

Yet the darks are very very dark... 😉

 

[Roger Hicks]

Thanks ! Well, that is strange, because the opposite direction oblique lines of resp. the chair and the window are obviously shouting 35mm focal length.

Maybe a Rollei-Wide ? He had one IIRC.

Anyway - who cares. This is such a beautiful photo, and he was such a Man.

Not in 1949: they weren't introduced until 1961. The angles are a result of the viewpoint: he remarks on this in one of the sources quoted.

But as you say, ultimately, who cares? It's a gorgeous photo.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Photo_Smith]

Thanks for the comment Highway 61. The darks are dark because that's where I placed them on the film curve 😉

You can get nice 35mm pushes in Rodinal. Tri-x rated at EI 1600 in a subway.

n.b this is a night shot, and there is some detail...

 

[dchein]

Thanks ! Well, that is strange, because the opposite direction oblique lines of resp. the chair and the window are obviously shouting 35mm focal length.

Maybe a Rollei-Wide ? He had one IIRC.

Anyway - who cares. This is such a beautiful photo, and he was such a Man.

I stumbled across this blog that included the contact sheet for Provençale Nude.. The final image was cropped!

http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/willy-ronis-le-nu-provencal/