Re: Fortunate Mistake of Sorts - Fogged/Solarized IR!

[Michel Wurtz - LTE <mw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Russ Rosener wrote:

> I don't think Man Ray "discovered" solarization. He may have
> re-discovered it, or simply said he did. He called them "Ray-O-Graphs"
> after himself. This little caveat also speaks to the tremendous ego Ray
> had, so be careful what you believe from artists' autobiographies. The
> solarization process was actually discovered by a Frenchman named
> Sabbattier around 1870, and you'll often find it listed in photography
> textbooks under his name.

Yes, and the correct term for what is generaly called "solarisation"
in french is "effet Sabbatier".  Solarisation is totaly different.
If I remember correctly, it's when you *really* overexpose your
film (10 to 1000 times the normal amount of light).

Look eventually at
http://widow.artic.edu/~fendsley/altProc_Sabattier.html

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