Todd Hido

“ How much do you play with your negatives in the darkroom?

Harry Callahan was another teacher of me and a big influence on my work, especially my printing. He would take a picture and manipulate it in so many ways after the fact. Being exposed to him and speaking to him as a young student was really beneficial. So, yes, I work my negatives a ton. Taking the picture is the starting point - I photograph like a documentarian, but I print like a painter. I think that's an important distinction of my work. „