High repro: the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci at Turin Royal Library
I was very surprised, after seeing these famous drawings for the first time. I had seen reproductions in many books, often from the same shooting session made about twenty years ago. Lines are too sharp, without fine tonal passages. The originals, on the other hand, present very delicate colors and are much richer of details.
This is an extraordinary story. The story of a lazy assistant who misplaces a box with a lot of transparencies, outside, exposed to the weather, to the heat, to bugs. The negatives stick together, they transform, dirt, insect parts and other unknown particles become part of the gelatins.
The International Meeting will celebrate the Bugatti centennail and will gather 125 Bugattis and their crews.