Pablo Inirio is the darkroom printer for Magnum Photos in NY. For some photographers, mostly the older ones, Magnum still prints in this old school, analog way. Here’s a twitpic of Inirio in his modest darkroom.
He’s worked at Magnum for the past 18 years or so. Once I had the pleasure to meet him in the darkroom and see some of these test prints like the one above. The smell of the chemicals instantly took me back to the make-shift darkroom we set up in our bathroom growing up. I remember the enlarger was set precariously on the sink, the trays of chemicals arranged in the shower, and a towel wedged under the doorway. Maybe that’s one reason I like these test prints.
I don’t know if Pablo Inirio saves them, or if he has any rights associated, but to me these test prints, with +/- exposure notes, are works of art. 20x200?
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