Levi Hill and the controversial origins of colour photography

Did Levi Hill invent colour photography in upstate New York in 1850? Radio programme All Things Considered takes a look:

The Smithsonian is tackling one of the biggest mysteries in the history of photography — whether color photography was first invented by an American minister from Westkill, N.Y. His contemporaries called his work a fraud, but a new analysis suggests that the story is not that simple.

Listen to the segment online at NPR (requires Real Media Player or Windows Media Player)

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