Inventing Photography
William Henry Fox Talbot in the Bodleian Library
$65.98
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2023
Summary
William Henry Fox Talbot is celebrated today as the English inventor of photography. He made early photographic experiments in the 1830s, released the details of his photogenic drawing process in January 1839, and introduced important innovations to the medium in the 1840s and 1850s.
Drawing on archive material in the Bodleian Library, including three albums given by Talbot to his sister, Horatia Feilding, as well as his illustrated books, Sun Pictures in Scotland and The Pencil of Na…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781851245963 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1851245960 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Batchen |
| Publisher: | Bodleian Library |
| Imprint: | Bodleian Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.20kg |
| Dimensions: | 237mm x 259mm |
Critics Review
“Batchen, a history professor at the University of Oxford, surveys the career of Henry Fox Talbot in this illuminating, richly illustrated offering… Batchen draws on a fascinating mix of work from the inventor’s career–Talbot’s renderings of lace, which in his day were regarded as trompe l’oeil wizardry, still seem arrestingly true to life–and brings Talbot’s artistic evolution to life in energetic prose. This foray into the origins of photography delights.”
– “Publisher’s Weekly”Geoffrey Batchen
Geoffrey Batchen is Professor of History of Art at the University of Oxford.
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