Duggal is the best! Great video. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Duggal and his great staff on a tour this past year with Briarcliffe College. It was an experience I will never forget. I would have loved meeting David LaChapelle however. Thank you! Sincerely, Nancy Ann
Sorry to learn of Mr. Duggal's passing. I had a summer job as a messenger/processor at the facility on E53rd St in 1971. They had Extachrome E-3 and E-4 processing lines, which were deep tanks, and used nitrogen bubble agitation, and wenches to transport racks for 35 mm, and 120 format roll film sheet film from one tank to the other. The type of sheet film typically was 4x5, 5x7 or 8x10 format, and were custom jobs from graphic houses. Many of the jobs were rush jobs, and I would go to pick up and deliver. At various times we had to push process for underexposure, according to the client's precise instructions. Other times we had to do customer requested clip tests to determine if push or pull processing was needed for under or overexposure compensation. When we sleeved the sheet film into plastic envelopes that were frosted on one side, and you viewed on a light box the visual impression was stunning. The number of people working there was less than 20 at the time as I recall. The people were very nice and professional. I think Mr. Duggal made sure that was so.
Duggal is the best! Great video. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Duggal and his great staff on a tour this past year with Briarcliffe College. It was an experience I will never forget. I would have loved meeting David LaChapelle however. Thank you! Sincerely, Nancy Ann
Sorry to learn of Mr. Duggal's passing. I had a summer job as a messenger/processor at the facility on E53rd St in 1971. They had Extachrome E-3 and E-4 processing lines, which were deep tanks, and used nitrogen bubble agitation, and wenches to transport racks for 35 mm, and 120 format roll film sheet film from one tank to the other. The type of sheet film typically was 4x5, 5x7 or 8x10 format, and were custom jobs from graphic houses. Many of the jobs were rush jobs, and I would go to pick up and deliver. At various times we had to push process for underexposure, according to the client's precise instructions. Other times we had to do customer requested clip tests to determine if push or pull processing was needed for under or overexposure compensation. When we sleeved the sheet film into plastic envelopes that were frosted on one side, and you viewed on a light box the visual impression was stunning.
The number of people working there was less than 20 at the time as I recall. The people were very nice and professional. I think Mr. Duggal made sure that was so.