[HN Gopher] The daguerreotype is famous - why not the calotype?
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       The daguerreotype is famous - why not the calotype?
        
       Author : Hooke
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2023-09-18 03:07 UTC (19 hours ago)
        
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       | 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.
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       | https://www.google.com/search?q=david+octavius+hill+artwork
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       | https://www.moma.org/artists/2648
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       | https://www.nationalgalleries.org/search?artists%5B5351%5D=5...
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       | My mother organised an exhibition of Hill & Adamson's work when I
       | was a child in 1970:
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       | https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1381628
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       | D.O.Hill Calotypes are rare and sell for high prices at auction:
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       | 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.
        
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