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Pablito
08-31-2009, 16:35
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112389032&ps=cprs
BillBingham2
08-31-2009, 16:52
Scenario ery cool, thanks.

B2 (:->
charjohncarter
08-31-2009, 16:59
Thanks, that was very interesting. I saw 'The Americans' at the SFMOMA a couple of months ago. The contact sheets were really interesting. Lots of bad exposures and composition, but the good ones were really good. As I recall he was using TRIX and PLUSX.
nico
08-31-2009, 23:06
Even though she's still a beatiful woman I'd rather have no answer to the Jack Kerouack's question about the little girl...
Anyway, thanks pablito for sharing this story,
ciao
fixbones
08-31-2009, 23:09
Great story. Puts a smile to my face =)
Juan Valdenebro
09-04-2009, 12:51
Thank you, Pablito!
vrgard
09-04-2009, 12:58
Thanks, that was very interesting. I saw 'The Americans' at the SFMOMA a couple of months ago. The contact sheets were really interesting. Lots of bad exposures and composition, but the good ones were really good. As I recall he was using TRIX and PLUSX.

Yeah, there were plenty of grab shots with odd composition, etc. But I have to say that overall I was impressed by how few shots Robert Frank actually took of a given scene/situation. In most cases it was only a few shots from which he pulled a given one seen in The Americans. One case that I recall because I was so impressed is the shot of a white infant being held in the arms of a black woman. That was the only shot Frank took of that scene and in my view he absolutely nailed it.