30-07-2015, 09:25 AM
I cannot identify that there is or any tooth missing, what I see is a botched up brush job that is becoming apparent when blown up, which is the same as with the Z film (nice sample btw). They never thought that the enhancements 40/50 years later would point out these deficiencies.
I am writing a piece on the Z film and The Blackening for later this year (my writings on PM come first).
Back then retouching was done with a brush and some ink (in the 80's I worked with it myself for CibaChromes and B&W bromide prints), on small photographs this is quite a tough job to do, you need a helluva steady hand and a good magnifying glass.
To me this blotch has the same characteristics as the back of our main man in Z and also reminds me when I was messing about with this stuff.
The so called original is very small no?
I find this photograph very suspicious, and would love to see a better copy of this as for now I would not subscribe to this photo showing any teeth missing at all.
I am writing a piece on the Z film and The Blackening for later this year (my writings on PM come first).
Back then retouching was done with a brush and some ink (in the 80's I worked with it myself for CibaChromes and B&W bromide prints), on small photographs this is quite a tough job to do, you need a helluva steady hand and a good magnifying glass.
To me this blotch has the same characteristics as the back of our main man in Z and also reminds me when I was messing about with this stuff.
The so called original is very small no?
I find this photograph very suspicious, and would love to see a better copy of this as for now I would not subscribe to this photo showing any teeth missing at all.