I spent 10 years in darkrooms printing black and white shots for all sorts of uses (exhibitions, shops, galleries etc) and can tell you that a massive amount of manipulation went on. Dodging, burning, pushing and pulling were used on EVERY shot. I have printed work by David Bailey and other names and had exhibitions at the Royal Photographic Society (with my handie-work never attributed!!!) and can safely say it was 10% original shot and 90% darkroom technique.
I would never upload a digital shot that hadn't had some "work" done to it, as it wouldn't be the best I could achieve. The original file is just the starting point.
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