Worth noting, as well, that the portrait business never used color transparency
film. It was B/W until color negative film was introduced c.1950.Remember that
their end product was a print- something transparency film never did well.
Slide film was for advertising, editorial, and family slide shows.Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Nelson <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, Apr 27, 2019 2:05 am
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Built in Bias in Photography
I'd have to agree. "It can be hard to technically light brown skin against
light colors. Yet, instead of seeking a solution, the technician had decided
that my body was somehow unsuitable for the stage." No, his suit was
unsuitable for his skin color if it was to be rendered on video. I read
nothing that someone said his skin was."Fuji became the film of choice for
professional photographers shooting subjects with darker tones. The company
developed color transparency film that was superior to Kodak for handling brown
skin." Although I never developed a preference for one transparency film over
another, we all know the performance of these films was related to d-log H
curves and not out of a racial bias. If someone could come up with a film to
capture the proverbial black cat in a coal bin at night, they would have and
would have made lots of $.
On Saturday, April 27, 2019 2:34 PM, "wilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<wilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From my European viewpoint the reaction of the author to the technician
is completely ludicrous.
The article is very interesting when the author talks about racial bias
in his grandfather's times or in film manufacture not paying attention
to detailing dark skin etc. But unless the technician used a racist
tone, interpreting a perfectly valid technical remark about lighting as
racism is ludicrous.
I guess that the American context makes people overly sensitive.
Wilbert
On 2019-04-27 07:45, `Richard Knoppow wrote:
A very interesting piece in the New York Times. I am not sure if you=============================================================================================================
can get this if you are not a subscriber.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/lens/sarah-lewis-racial-bias-photography.html?fallback=0&recId=1KR9IFPlZ6miFSSI3JWdGAQSz3I&locked=0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=CA&recAlloc=story&geoCountry=US&blockId=home-featured&imp_id=603095924&action=click&module=editorsPicks&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer
