alun Posted May 16, 2012 Share #1 Posted May 16, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I can recall one or two people on this forum asking for sources of photographers' contact prints. The following will be of interest -- I have never seen these videos before. The series is called The Great Tradition of Photojournalism - Contacts and as far as I can make out they were done by a company called RIFF International in the early 1990s. There's an index of all those posted on Youtube here: They have all been posted by someone calling themselves commonspaces. If anyone knows anything about the production company or the poster it would be interesting if you could post hetre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 16, 2012 Posted May 16, 2012 Hi alun, Take a look here The Great Tradition of Photojournalism - Contacts. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stunsworth Posted May 16, 2012 Share #2 Posted May 16, 2012 You can buy the DVDs from the French Amazon. There were 3 DVDs in total and the individual films were originally shown as shorts on the French/German 'Arte' channel (note to Virgin, can we have this channel please). As far as I'm aware they're still under copyright, but that never seems to stop stuff other than football being uploaded to YouTube. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalo Posted May 16, 2012 Share #3 Posted May 16, 2012 All three DVDs are excellent entry points to photography and its more recent history. The whole programme is based on an idea by William Klein. I bought the discs from arte.tv some years ago. English audio version available. Cheers, Alexander Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alun Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share #4 Posted May 17, 2012 Steve and Alexander -- thanks for the additional information. I had never come across these before. The Koudelka one is especially good, some of the others -- the Dapardon, for instance -- somewhat less so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Nomad64 Posted May 19, 2012 Share #5 Posted May 19, 2012 It's not a video but I recently got meself this book: Amazon.com: Magnum Contact Sheets (9780500543993): Kristen Lubben: Books Never mind the site but the book itself I found quite interesting. Cheers, Bruno Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesop Posted May 19, 2012 Share #6 Posted May 19, 2012 ...got the set of DVDs from Amazon.co.uk. I recommend watching the entire thing, even though I suspect you will find some sections more ineresting than others - in my opinion, it is important to watch the entire thing to get a fuller understanding of the processes involved *in each instance*. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted May 21, 2012 Share #7 Posted May 21, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) This older thread may hold some interest. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xalo Posted May 21, 2012 Share #8 Posted May 21, 2012 Thanks for pointing to this thread. reminds me that I still have a sizeable stack of "Réponse photo" magazines that hold some articles on interesting contact sheets. In any case anyone is interested (scans or papers), just PM me. Alexander Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen.w Posted May 21, 2012 Share #9 Posted May 21, 2012 Last year I bought an interesting book titled 'Contact Theory'. It features twenty or thirty photographers discussing a particular contact sheet, the frame(s) they chose and their approaches to working with contact sheets generally. It includes Elliott Erwitt's famous 'deck chair' sequence as well as Hans Namuth's photos of Jackson Pollock at work in his converted barn studio. I see that one can pick up a used copy on Amazon for under $5. Amazon.com: Contact Theory (9780912810300): John Flattau, Ralph Gibson, Arne Lewis: Books Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Nomad64 Posted May 25, 2012 Share #10 Posted May 25, 2012 You can buy the DVDs from the French Amazon. There were 3 DVDs in total and the individual films were originally shown as shorts on the French/German 'Arte' channel (note to Virgin, can we have this channel please). As far as I'm aware they're still under copyright, but that never seems to stop stuff other than football being uploaded to YouTube. Steve, thanks for pointing this out. I just couldn't resist anymore and got my DVDs today from Amazon.it Bruno Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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