Recent posting of Beutler reconnect people after 44 years.

Recently I posted information re Beutler formula telling who

introduced me to the then ground breaking combination of Beutler

developer (~Neofin Blue) with 35mm slow film. I wrote it was a German

woman photographer living in Florence, Italy, named Helga.

She specialized in outdoor portraits of children. Last week a

photographer from New Mexico wrote an email saying he's sure he made

30x40" murals from the same Helga's KB-14 negatives in 1962. Turns

out the N.M. photographer was an old friend of Helga's husband and

put me in contact with him. Unfortunately Helga, died 30 years ago.

I had taken photos of Helga and her daughter and she did the same for

my family. I found the negatives she gave me of her shoot. My

Ferrania accordion folder marked "Helga and daughter" is missing my 3

strips of 6 exposures of Helga and daughter. We must have swapped our

negatives.

Helga was my mentor. Her outstanding work influenced me to switch to

slow film souped in a compensating developer. I used that combination

for many years and only recently started to use Efke KB25 with home-

made Beutler.

I found a small print of Helga from my shoot. Naturally, it was

printed when I still had the errant negatives. Per data on back of

folder the film was Agfa ISS developed in Agfa Final.

Anyone have a similar story?<div></div>