William Henry Fox Talbot : photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

"In 1839 the almost simultaneous announcement of the discovery of photography was made by Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre (French, 1787-1851) in Paris and William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800-1877) in London. This volume traces Talbot's picture-making method, which proved to be the basis f...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: J. Paul Getty Museum
Other Authors: Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : The Museum, c2002
Los Angeles : ©2002
Series:In focus (J. Paul Getty Museum)
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Deborah Gribbon
  • Introduction / Larry J. Schaaf
  • "Impressed by Nature's Hand": The Photographs of William Henry Fox Talbot / Geoffrey Batchen, David Featherstone, James Fee, Nancy Keeler, Weston Naef, Larry J. Schaaf, Michael Ware