Jill Enfield
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Jill Enfield born 1954 in Miami Beach, Florida, is a photographer and hand coloring artist best known for her work in alternative photographic processes such as Cyanotype
and Collodion process
. She has taught at The New School
(Parsons Division), ICP
, and New York University
.
Her book Photo-Imaging: A Complete Visual Guide to Alternative Techniques and Processes (2002, ISBN 978-0817453992) won the Golden Light Award from the Maine Photographic Workshops for best technical book.
Jill's more recent work has emphasis has been on the wet plat collodion process, originally used by Matthew Brady during the Civil War. This work was featured in tandem with the annual Black Tie Gala for the charity organization Upwardly Global, at a 2009 exhibition on Ellis Island, New York.
Cyanotype
Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that gives a cyan-blue print. The process was popular in engineering circles well into the 20th century. The simple and low-cost process enabled them to produce large-scale copies of their work, referred to as blueprints...
and Collodion process
Collodion process
The collodion process is an early photographic process. It was introduced in the 1850s and by the end of that decade it had almost entirely replaced the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype. During the 1880s the collodion process, in turn, was largely replaced by gelatin dry...
. She has taught at The New School
The New School
The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly in Greenwich Village. From its founding in 1919 by progressive New York academics, and for most of its history, the university was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University...
(Parsons Division), ICP
ICP
-Business:* International Comfort Products Corporation, a company that manufactures and markets central air conditioning systems, gas and oil furnaces* Indonesian Crude Price...
, and New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
Her book Photo-Imaging: A Complete Visual Guide to Alternative Techniques and Processes (2002, ISBN 978-0817453992) won the Golden Light Award from the Maine Photographic Workshops for best technical book.
Jill's more recent work has emphasis has been on the wet plat collodion process, originally used by Matthew Brady during the Civil War. This work was featured in tandem with the annual Black Tie Gala for the charity organization Upwardly Global, at a 2009 exhibition on Ellis Island, New York.