Salgado featured in Rolling Stone

[nksyoon]

The current issue of Rolling Stone features photos of Ethiopian tribesmen by Salgado. I really like #6.

Thanks to the "A Photo Editor" blog for the heads up.

http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/23497413/ethiopias_nomad_warriors_photogr

 

[Nh3]

His eminence is still as strong as ever as a photographer.

Thank you for posting this.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Damn that dude is good. #6 and #13 are especially excellent.

I can barely look at those lip-distending discs.

 

[sniki]

Does anybody know about film, rating and developer?
;-))

sniki

 

[chris91387]

hmmm....looks like salgado is shooting digital these days. overly processed, overly sharpened, blooming highlights, etc. maybe a nikon d3?




just kidding, of course. his work is beautiful and touching. someday i'd love to see original prints in person rather than in books or on the 'net.

- chris

 

[cjm]

Wow, #13 is my fav.

 

[nksyoon]

He mentions in this article that he's been using a Pentax 645, and the images in the Rolling Stone gallery look more like 4:3 ratio than 3:2.

"Outdoor Photographer: What photography project are you working on now?

Salgado: A project called Genesis. I’m only working with the Pentax 645 because we want to make very large prints when we’re finished in 2011."

 

[Spider67]

Thanks for posting!

 

[pachuco]

#13 is amazing. I can never get sun light to look like that.

 

[pcsmythe]

There is also a Salgado article in this month's Outdoor Photographer. In that issue, Salgado is interviewed and he says that he still uses Tri-X and that much of his photography is done with his 645 Pentax.

 

[zeitoun]

Salgado is still, will always be (?), Salgado!
6 and 13 definitely caught my attention. 13: a hint at HCB in India?
In particular, the skills involved in getting the prints (as Salgado does not do his own, the person who did should, in my opinion, be acknowledged). Has much to do with achieving the "light" effect.
Thanks for the link.
Paul

 

[kxl]

I find it impossible to pick a favortie or rate one as being better than another... they are all very, very good....

 

[pachuco]

Salgado is still, will always be (?), Salgado!
6 and 13 definitely caught my attention. 13: a hint at HCB in India?
In particular, the skills involved in getting the prints (as Salgado does not do his own, the person who did should, in my opinion, be acknowledged). Has much to do with achieving the "light" effect.
Thanks for the link.
Paul

I can dig that. Does anyone know how to get that "light" look in photoshop? It is a dodging technique?

 

[zeitoun]

Wish I did! It is a matter of dodging and burning, I am sure though.

Anybody has more specfic information?

Paul

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I find it impossible to pick a favortie or rate one as being better than another... they are all very, very good....

I definitely prefer the artier ones over the more strictly ethnographic. They're all artistically interesting, of course, but I love when he captures a moment that has a beauty which transcends its content.

 

[kxl]

I think the images defy categorization, but if we must, then I'd have to say that I prefer the "strictly ethnographic." Having said that, what truly appeals to me is how Salgado captured beauty in a land we often consider harsh and peace in a people we sometimes consider primitive.

I definitely prefer the artier ones over the more strictly ethnographic. They're all artistically interesting, of course, but I love when he captures a moment that has a beauty which transcends its content.

 

[whitecat]

I did read somewhere he has one person do all his printing. I think he uses alot of Tri-X.

 

[VictorM.]

Thanks for the links. Salgado is certainly an amazing photographer. Rather than pay too much attention to his equipment, I found this significant: "You need time, only this—real time." He was answering a question about getting so close to the people he was photographing.