Re: /Solarization/Sabatier/Sabattier

[Geoff McAuliffe <mcauliff@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Christina Z. Anderson" wrote:

> Thanx for the website, but, for what it's worth, it is spelled with 2 t's
> for sure.  The guy who discovered the effect was named Armand Sabattier,
> found the process in 1862--I figure we should give the poor guy his due AND
> spell his name correctly!

I'm with you on that point!

> There are some incredible examples of the
> Sabattier effect in Man Ray, Photography and its Double by Sayag.  He
> sabattiered (can I make a verb out of a name?)

Sure, every other part of speach has been verb-ized, why not a proper noun?

> his negatives, not his
> prints, so the mackie lines are black around the objects instead of white.
> It is funny that, in this book, written by two French persons, they, too,
> call it solarization mostly, even though they mention "Sabattier effect"
> once.  Solarization seems an easier word to say, and, of course, to spell...

Years ago, it was quite common, at least in the articles I read, to correct
solarization to Sabattier, guess that has fallen by the wayside. There is even a
special developer called "Solarol". I guess Sabattier-ol would be too much.


Geoff
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