RE: Hill

["Weber, Scott" <sweber@mail.barry.edu>]

Jack,

Did you know the library there at SFAI has a copy of Hill's book?  A
Treatise on Heliochromy, I Checked it out many moons ago when I was in
Pirkle's (Jones) history of photography class. I did a presentation on early
color processes. I still use the slide I made of the title page in my own
history of photo class here.  

Cheers,

Scott B. Weber
Associate Professor of Photography
Department of Fine Arts
Barry University 
11300 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami Shores, Florida 33161
(305) 899 4922 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Fulton [mailto:jefulton1@comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:58 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: Re: Hill

This is why I love this group of wonderful, generous, curious and  
informed people: discussion of esoteric but interestingly relevant  
material. I did read that Hill's procedure was repeated with similar  
limited success. Dr., or Reverend Hill's work was published by him  
(as I remember) and I think it might be available through the silve  
bound series by Arno Press, which was put together by Beumont in the  
70's. If you wish, I can check out our library and give you some info.
Jack Fulton



On January2007, at 6:58 PM, Robert W. Schramm wrote:


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.

Bob Schramm
Check out my web page at:

  http://www.SchrammStudio.com








> 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)
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, etienne garbaux wrote:
>
>> ...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
>
>
>> Actually, most of my time at GEH was spent just admiring the works  
>> of dead
>> photographers.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> etienne
>>
>>
>
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