[HN Gopher] The daguerreotype is famous - why not the calotype? ___________________________________________________________________ The daguerreotype is famous - why not the calotype? Author : Hooke Score : 36 points Date : 2023-09-18 03:07 UTC (19 hours ago) (HTM) web link (daily.jstor.org) (TXT) w3m dump (daily.jstor.org) | ggm wrote: | David Octavius Hill had a calotype studio on Calton Hill in | Edinburgh and took many fine calotypes of the city, and scots | people and scenery. | | https://www.google.com/search?q=david+octavius+hill+artwork | | https://www.moma.org/artists/2648 | | https://www.nationalgalleries.org/search?artists%5B5351%5D=5... | | My mother organised an exhibition of Hill & Adamson's work when I | was a child in 1970: | | https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1381628 | | D.O.Hill Calotypes are rare and sell for high prices at auction: | | https://www.invaluable.com/artist/hill-david-octavius-ggaa1b... | debo_ wrote: | "famous" | glogla wrote: | Louis Daguerre was a French painter who created | "daguerreotypes" a process that gave portraits a sharp | reflective style, like a mirror. | xNeil wrote: | Every single time I see JSTOR, I remember Aaron Swartz. Rest in | Peace. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-09-18 23:00 UTC)