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

[David Riecks <riecks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michel:

If my memory serves correct, the Sabbatier effect occurs when you re-expose
a partially developed PRINT to white light and then continue developing. 

Solarization occurs when developing FILM is struck by white light during
development. 

Anybody have their "encyclopedia of photography" handy?

David

At 06:24 PM 7/8/98 +0200, Michel Wurtz - LTE wrote:
>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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