Frederic Eugene Ives Research Paper
Frederic Eugene Ives:
Born: February 17, 1856
Died: May 27, 1937
American, photographer, and inventor.
As a young adult , Frederic became an apprentice at a printing company, Litchfield Enquirer, while he worked there he developed an interest in photography. He got work at the Cornell University in the photography laboratory, then later got promoted and was in charge of the lab. Inventing and exploring were an interest of his and by using the gelatin relief he developed the early halftone process, in 1881. The process was a technique which broke down the illustration and the image up into a series of dots. Later he worked on the crosslink screen of which the direct photographic halftone was reproduced, he called it the photomechanical
technique. Mostly during his career he experimented with the mechanic in printing and photography. In his research he investigated the photomechanical techniques, this was different form the pinhole process. The photomechanical print was an early application of photos used in the printing industry. Today this method is still in use for reproduction of prints. During his career more than 70 inventions were patented by Ives namely, photography, optics printing, and the projection of a three-color photo negative. Up to today, millions of printed product for instance books, magazines wrapping paper and many more printing product are produced with mechanical equipment, which became known as the “Ives process”.
Ives wrote his own “Autobiography of an Amateur Inventor”, he refers in the book to the period when most of the revolutionary inventions were created by man which was not specially trained nor qualified to invent some of the work. He called these men the ‘amateur inventors’ and he believed some just had a natural talent.
I think he must be without question another legend in his field, of print communications technology and graphics. During my research, I believe his work is rarely recognized.
Born: February 17, 1856
Died: May 27, 1937
American, photographer, and inventor.
As a young adult , Frederic became an apprentice at a printing company, Litchfield Enquirer, while he worked there he developed an interest in photography. He got work at the Cornell University in the photography laboratory, then later got promoted and was in charge of the lab. Inventing and exploring were an interest of his and by using the gelatin relief he developed the early halftone process, in 1881. The process was a technique which broke down the illustration and the image up into a series of dots. Later he worked on the crosslink screen of which the direct photographic halftone was reproduced, he called it the photomechanical
technique. Mostly during his career he experimented with the mechanic in printing and photography. In his research he investigated the photomechanical techniques, this was different form the pinhole process. The photomechanical print was an early application of photos used in the printing industry. Today this method is still in use for reproduction of prints. During his career more than 70 inventions were patented by Ives namely, photography, optics printing, and the projection of a three-color photo negative. Up to today, millions of printed product for instance books, magazines wrapping paper and many more printing product are produced with mechanical equipment, which became known as the “Ives process”.
Ives wrote his own “Autobiography of an Amateur Inventor”, he refers in the book to the period when most of the revolutionary inventions were created by man which was not specially trained nor qualified to invent some of the work. He called these men the ‘amateur inventors’ and he believed some just had a natural talent.
I think he must be without question another legend in his field, of print communications technology and graphics. During my research, I believe his work is rarely recognized.