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Thanks for all the repplies. I found an old issue of the French PHOTO magazine whith a brief interview with him (he never comments on the techniqhues). There are about 5 of his pictures (all outdoor) and the captions with his comments say that 4 of them where taken in 35mm using Ilford Delta and only one (centerfold size) was taken with a Mamya RZ67 loaded with TriX. In all of them he mentions that only natural light was used. In one of the pictures a girl is sit on a big old wooden box with CocaCola all over. I assume that was red painted. The box is almost black in the picture (blue or red filter?). What boggs me though is that the blue California desert skies are really dark as well. Split printing? How would you even out all the tones? I tried a roll of Delta with Green and Blue filters yesterday. The skin tones look similar, but skin blemishes are terribly accentuated. If he's using filters, the make up ought be heavy.

BTW, his book Nudes got the Kodak award as book of the year in 1998. He got raves reviews saying that he work combines the graphism of Herb Ritts, the strength of Mapplethorpe and the lightness of Schatz. Nowadays he's considered in Europe as THE nude photographer.

Any more thoughts on how to reproduce that, guys?

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