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Fox Talbot
An Illustrated Life of William Henry Fox Talbot, 'Father of Modern Photography', 1800 -1877
Series: Shire Library
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Fox Talbot
A monograph on Fox Talbot, universally recognised as the father of modern photography.
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Fox Talbot is universally recognised as the father of modern photography. His 'calotype' or 'Talbotype' process was the first working photographic process to use the now familiar format of negatives and positives. He was an ambitious man, but his interests spread far beyond the confines of photography.
As a mathematician, he was awarded first Membership and then Fellowship of the Royal Society before the age of thirty-three. He was also an accomplished astronomer, a keen archaeologist, and a fluent master of Greek and Hebrew.
Talbot patented pioneering ideas for internal combustion engines as early as 1840 and, throughout his life, was at the forefront of progressive scientific thinking in England.
Series: Shire Library
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ISBN: 9780747803515
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 July 1997
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Shire Publications
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 149.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 134g
Pages: 48
About the Author
John Hannavy, Professor in Art and Design at Bolton Institute, is a well-known photographer, and well-known photographer, and a writer and broadcaster on the history of photography.
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