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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Jean-Luc
Playgirl was known for its lavish use of color, but they did publish some good black and white work. This shot of Jean-Luc Dufferin is a good example from July of 1975.
While it's true that he was the Discovery in the July 1975 issue, I've got that issue in my hands, and there are no B&W photos even though this one looks like the same setting. I suspect it's an outtake that leaked somehow. Note the "slide border" around it--they used slides when they took photos and then picked what to print, from there. but, slides wouldn't have been B&W...I wonder if somehow somebody sneaked some slides from the office and made a copy of them, back when it would have been B&W only? Interesting
I can't tell you how many times I've discovered that someone electronically changed a photo from color to black and white or vice versa. It's much easier to do the former, but both occur quite commonly. Being somewhat of a purist, it confounds me.
While it's true that he was the Discovery in the July 1975 issue, I've got that issue in my hands, and there are no B&W photos even though this one looks like the same setting. I suspect it's an outtake that leaked somehow. Note the "slide border" around it--they used slides when they took photos and then picked what to print, from there. but, slides wouldn't have been B&W...I wonder if somehow somebody sneaked some slides from the office and made a copy of them, back when it would have been B&W only? Interesting
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you how many times I've discovered that someone electronically changed a photo from color to black and white or vice versa. It's much easier to do the former, but both occur quite commonly. Being somewhat of a purist, it confounds me.
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