RE: Jose Ortiz-Echague and Fresson
Didn't he also pay a lot of money for the secret? My memory is fading, but I think Luis mentioned something like that on the list, if I am not mistaken. Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandy King [mailto:sanking@clemson.edu] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:57 PM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: Re: Jose Ortiz-Echague and Fresson > > Chris. > > Several reasons I can suggest. > > There may also be personal connections of which I am not > aware. But here are some of the things that may have moved them. > > At the time Ortiz-Echague was one of the most famous > photographers in Europe, and had been using the Fresson paper > for almost 50 years. > Perhaps they felt that they owed him the favor. > > And, he was one of the most powerful men in Spain and a > person of great accomplishments outside of photography. He > was one of the first pilots in the Spanish, rose to the rank > of General in the Army, and served as President of both SEAT > (a company that produced cars) and of another company that > produced airplanes. > > Basically, I figure they came to the conclusion that their > secrets were safe with him, given his age at the time and his > status in Spanish society. > > Sandy > > > > At 9:41 PM -0600 5/21/07, Christina Z. Anderson wrote: > >When the Fresson family > >ceased commercial distribution of the paper they provided > him with the > >technical knowledge to coat his own paper, and he > constructed a coating > >machine and thereafter called his process "carbondir" > (carbon directo) > >so as not to offend the Fressons. > > > >Sandy, > >Why would, do you think, the Fresson family share their secrets with > >him and yet not with anyone else since then? > > > >I notice they still do Sheila Metzner's work as well as Deborah > >Turbeville's... > >Chris > > >
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