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OverviewWilliam 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 Nature, this volume shows how Talbot was continually inventing photography anew. A selection of eighty full-page plates provides a thematic survey of Talbot’s work, reproducing images that document his travels, his home and his family, as well as his intellectual interests, from science to literature to ancient languages. An illustrated introduction places Talbot’s work within the context of a modernising Britain, as well as within his own social and intellectual milieu, and explores how the competing daguerreotype process spurred Talbot to improve his own techniques and seek new functions and uses for paper-based photographs. This evocative selection is testament to Talbot’s constant quest for new photographic advances, offering a compelling window into the archives of an extraordinarily determined and creative man. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Geoffrey BatchenPublisher: Bodleian Library Imprint: Bodleian Library ISBN: 9781851245963ISBN 10: 1851245960 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 16 March 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents7 Foreword: Scenes in a Library, Richard Ovenden 9 Acknowledgements 11 Inventing Photography: William Henry Fox Talbot in the Bodleian Library, Geoffrey Batchen 63 Plates 183 Notes 187 Further Reading 189 IndexReviews"""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""" 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 Author InformationGeoffrey Batchen is Professor of History of Art at the University of Oxford. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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