Yousef Karsch

[FrankS]

I just read a quote attributed to to Karsch, that I believe is defective, and which reminds me of some of the esoteric and possibly BS stuff that HCB is quoted as saying. Here it is: "Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."

Firstly, what kind of character, besides Voldemort's, develops in darkness?
Secondly, it's film that develops in darkness. Photographic prints (B+W) develop in rooms with red lights.

They may have been great photographers, certainly they are famous, but they may not have been deep philosophical thinkers.

(With HCB, I concede that possibly the translation form French to English is the problem.)

Discuss?

 

[CanDocGuy]

FYI: it's Karsh

 

[dcsang]

FYI: it's Karsh

Potatoe / Potato
😀

Dave

 

[CanDocGuy]

Sure it sounds the same, but it is the guys name. If he means anything to us, we should try to spell it correctly.

 

[FrankS]

FYI: it's Karsh

Thank you for the correction.

I doubt I spelled his first name correctly either, but you know who I'm talking about.

 

[CanDocGuy]

Actually you nailed the first name, which is always the one I have problems with!

 

[FrankS]

Go figure.

 

[back alley]

no matter the spelling of his name...i think he is a very over rated photog.
at least i never could understand what all the fuss was about.

 

[rogue_designer]

He has a few photographs that I really do like - Heifitz's hands for instance... But in general he's a bit of a bromide when compared to say, an Irving Penn.

I think I know what he meant about darkness - but it's trite. The same platitudes one's father gives in reference to walking up hills in the snow.

He has two better quotes:

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.

The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone.

 

[FrankS]

Yeah, darkness = adversity, but a photograph does not develop will in adversity. (pH is too high or something) 😉

And about that last quote: if the woman is beautiful, why a dark room?

 

[Al Patterson]

And about that last quote: if the woman is beautiful, why a dark room?

I always wanted to take a beautiful woman into a dark room and see what develops...