RE: Hill

[sanking@CLEMSON.EDU]

There was a long article about Hill´s process in the old Camera Art´s
magazine, back in 1980 or 1981 as I recall. I can find the precise
refernce if you need it but not right now.

Sandy

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> I would be really interested in the reference which revealed Hill's Color
> Dag process to be a fraud.
> The Daguerrian Society published a papper in which some people claimed to
> have produced color dags by Hill's process. It included some photos which
> looked fairly conviencing. I have always been skeptical about the Hill
> process because I cannot think of a wqay in which the colors could be
> generated. Also, as I recall, Hill never did give specific  directions on
> how to make color dags. One think I might mention is that if you over
> expose
> a Dag you will get a beautiful bright blue in the highlights (see my web
> page), but there is a physical reason for this.
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> Bob Schramm
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>>From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
>>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>>To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
>>Subject: Hill
>>Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:54:22 -0500 (EST)
>>
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>>On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, etienne garbaux wrote:
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>>>...I also spent some time researching the Hill
>>>"color Daguerrotype" process (later revealed to have been a fraud,
>>>produced
>>>by hand coloring).
>>
>>You speak of Levi Hill? (The name that comes to mind.) More years ago
>> than
>>I can recall I picked up a book at Harvey Zucker's A Photographer's Place
>>with a title something like "Levi Hill Was Right." A group of
>> contemporary
>>photographers DID replicate his effects and even explained why others
>>hadn't been able to and like that. Having no intention myself of EVER
>> doing
>>anything in daguerreotype, and being in fact quite committed to hand
>>coloring, I didn't buy the book, only skimmed it once over lightly. Not
>>that it, too, couldn't have been a fraud, but it had an air of sincerity
>> &
>>fact (also of Hill's frustration & heartbreak for loss of his triumph).
>>Harvey might recollect more. He's still at the same address on Mercer St.
>> I
>>can look it up if need be. but maybe google has something.
>>
>>Judy
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>>>Actually, most of my time at GEH was spent just admiring the works of
>>> dead
>>>photographers.
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>
>>>etienne
>>>
>>>
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