Thursday, April 21, 2011

Photographer's Contact Sheets.

A contact sheet is the visual diary of a photographer. See their hits their misses and view the world though their eyes. I find it fascinating to study the contact sheets of some of the greats. Most photographers do not like to show their contact sheets, myself included. With digital it is easy to hide your misses. With analogue it was a rare glimpse into to photographer's mind.

"there are two things one doesn't do in public; eat lobster and show your contacts" not sure who said it but photographer Bruce Gilden quoted it in a doc once.


 Richard Avedon







 Elliott Erwitt




Jeanloup Sieff

 Lucien Clergue






 Robert Doisneau





 Elliott Erwitt




 Art Kane





Alex Prager





Peter Lindbergh





Bert Stern.  *Contact sheet proofed by Marilyn herself from her last photoshoot.





 Diane Arbus




Many of the contact sheets above are from the book The Contact Sheet.



 Albert Watson






Albert Watson



Robert Frank

Cecil Beaton




Gered Mankowitz



Richard Avedon





 William Klein


Please watch this fascinating, poetic and inspiring film narrated by William Klein.


















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