Re: Hill
Yes I do Scott . . wonderful you remember. I had actually been the one to purchase now so many moons ago. He had struggled for years trying to squeeze the color from flowers as a miraculous juicy additive to his various concoctions, with the hope that the miracle of flower color could somehow seep into the 'proper' areas of the marvelous verisimilitude renderings offered by our beloved medium. Alas, God does not work that way. And, whoa, you still use that slide. I find that marvelous, yet amazing. Jack PS . . I've just sent out my New Year postcard. I've not done such a thing for quite some time. In doing so I went through my lists on the computer and our phone/address book. If you do not receive one in the very near future let me know so's I can speed one your way. On January2007, at 8:12 AM, Weber, Scott wrote: 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. JudyActually, most of my time at GEH was spent just admiring the works of dead photographers. Best regards, etienne................................................................... Read My T-Shirt for President: A True History of the Political Front _ and Back, by Judy Seigel. For Delicious details, and how to order: www.frontandbackpress.com ................................................................. "I'd recommend it for a Pulitzer Prize, except I lack the credentials." Communicate instantly! 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