Savageduck
On 2013-12-07 00:19:20 +0000, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>said:

Eric Stevens
On Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:42:19 -0500, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

nospam
In article <5r13a9p8a7o0ks3slqfbd8kof0r694hbit@4ax.com>, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>wrote:

many people know how to use a computer and some did their own darkroom work, but it is not a requirement to use a camera.

Eric Stevens
But knowing what can be done in the dark room is an essential part of the skills of a top photographer.

nospam
nope

Eric Stevens
Apart from news photographers such as Robert Capa whose fame was earned mostly by their subjects and their circumstances, I don't know of any photographer at the top of their profession who did rely on extensive manipulation of their images in the dark room.

Savageduck
Did you really mean to say, "I don't know of any photographer at the top of their profession who did rely on extensive manipulation of their images in the dark room." ???

Surely you are aware that much of Adams' work relating to the Zone system was done while producing prints in the darkroom. The capture and exposure of the subject was just the start of his process.