Culture · 6 pages · 12 min
Why a contact sheet is an edit already
Marking frames on a contact sheet chooses the picture before any fine print exists.
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From the opening
A contact sheet prints many frames at once, traditionally by laying the negatives against paper so each frame stays at the size of the film. It is already an edit, because marking some frames and leaving others unmarked is a selection made before any large print exists. The opening covers the whole roll, seen together, a mark is already a refusal, and work prints come after the circle.
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Inside
- The whole roll, seen together
- A mark is already a refusal
- Work prints come after the circle
- Publishing the sheet unmarked
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Contact sheets as the first selection of frames
- Sequence and near-duplicates visible before enlargement