Le tirage à mains nues

Guillaume Geneste is the creator of the laboratory La Chambre Noire in Paris. He is one of the last silver printers in France and the travelling companion of many photographers… In Le tirage à mains nues, he shares his thoughts on the work of the photographer, on the relationship he has with the artist photographer, on the future of this profession. Reflections, anecdotes and interviews with great names of international photography (Ralph Gibson, Duane Michals, Sid Kaplan or Howard Greenberg…), as well as young or older French photographers (Arnaud Claass, Gabrielle Duplantier, Valérie Belin, Jo Terrien…), allow us to enter the backstage of the shooter’s job. The opportunity to cross paths with Jacques Henri Lartigue, Klavdij Sluban, Denis Roche, Bernard Plossu, Henri Cartier Bresson, Martine Frank, Pierre de Fenoÿl, Sabine Weiss, Anne-Lise Broyer and many others… An unprecedented book, neither technical nor theoretical, but a book of passion and emotion that will be a reference on the subject.