When I did the shoot for Diana Ross we were still using Hasselblads and film. So retouching was not as big deal. And quite frankly she didn’t need a lot of retouching because the film and her skin tones and her features matched up really well. The problem that I had was that I felt it was so un-American. It was as though she was some kind of English queen that’s what pissed me off royally. As I said before till this minute I’m still pissed about that. And I swore every opportunity I could get to put down this whole diva attitude I would.
That 120 film in my Hasselblads showed every little detail. To have flawless features was a real blessing. Many used a soft focus filter to hide facial features rather than do a retouch, which was done with pencil lead and a magnifying lens.