Family in Siobedyka

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  Klaus Mähring

• Tuesday at 6:58 AM

making of:

 

• Milpool

• Tuesday at 8:43 AM

I really like the look of the resulting print. This is quite the project and must have been hard work. Thanks for including the "making of" - very interesting.

 

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  Daniela

• Tuesday at 2:22 PM

When was this taken? Have you/will you share more about the series?

 

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  Marco B

• Tuesday at 4:08 PM

Deep respect for the effort you put into getting this shot, including your mobile darkroom and on the road printing, really nice to see that behind-the-scene.

 

• pentaxuser

• Tuesday at 4:24 PM

A worthy sentiment on your part . Can I ask: was the blue cast I see on my screen a deliberate choice or the result of a scanning artefact when scanning the print?

Thanks

 

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  Klaus Mähring

• Wednesday at 7:54 AM

Milpool said:

I really like the look of the resulting print. This is quite the project and must have been hard work. Thanks for including the "making of" - very interesting.

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Thanks for your comment. Yes, this has been (and still is) hard work, but very satisfying on many levels.

 

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  Klaus Mähring

• Wednesday at 7:56 AM

Daniela said:

When was this taken? Have you/will you share more about the series?

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This picture was taken in 2005, the series Mensch consists of about 40 portraits taken between 2005 and 2008 in Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.
I did continue with a quite similar approach and will post more of it soon. Also keep an eye on my Albums, as I do not want to flood the photrio gallery too much.

 

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  Klaus Mähring

• Wednesday at 8:02 AM

pentaxuser said:

A worthy sentiment on your part . Can I ask: was the blue cast I see on my screen a deliberate choice or the result of a scanning artefact when scanning the print?

Thanks

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The blue cast is deliberate; I flash my sitters for the goldish skin tones and the daylight/shadows end up with the blue cast. I choose this because it resembles the aesthetics of orthodox icons; the people I take pictures of are kind of holy people to me....'Mensch'.
It also makes the people stand out very well.
This effect would not happen with normal film. I use Agfa RSX 100 (exp. +1) developed in C41.
When scanning (or let's say: making the digital repro) I don't do any colour corrections, I only correct for the lens distortion of my - a bit too wide - 35mm lens.

 

• pentaxuser

• Wednesday at 11:46 AM

Thanks for the explanation

 

• ooze

• Friday at 10:33 AM

Impressive! I also spent read your webpage...all quite fascinating. Thanks for sharing your work!