- Article follows the working process of Pascal Dangin, the premier retoucher of fashion photographs.
- Dangin has retouched photographs for severl magazines including Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Allure, French Vogue, Italian Vogue, V, and Times Magazine.
- Collins calls Dangin the 'human oxy pad'.
- The article recounts situations of Dangin at work, readjusting particular characteristics of the models, coloring of the image and gradients among other things.
- Brief history of Dangin's life is given: his mother was a piano teacher, stepfather a guitarist, he was raised in a small town, at age fourteen he left home, worked in a hair salon in Paris, was drafted into the French Army, later was discharged and returned to the salon he worked at.
- In 1989 he moved to the United States & began doing hair for photo shoots in NYC.
- While in NYC working around the photo shoots he became interested in the computer use for the photos which began his deep interest in retouching.
- "People hire Dangin, in the broadest sense, for the assurance that behind every abtruse technical step there will be an artistic intention."
- Dangin believes that creativity should influence technology, not for technology to influence creativity. In that sense Collins says Dangin is a purist.
It's really amazing to think about how much work goes into making something look attractive, and that so many people go to Pascal Dangin for HIS opinion on how to make someone more attractive.
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