Specimens and marvels : William Henry Fox Talbot and the invention of photography.

Main entry:

Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877.

Title & Author:

Specimens and marvels : William Henry Fox Talbot and the invention of photography.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

79 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Series:

Aperture, 0003-6420 ; no. 161

Notes:
"Selected from the exhibition ... organized by the National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television, Bradford"--Page 74.
Includes bibliographical references (page 79).
Preface / Anthony Burnett-Brown -- Specimens and marvels : the work of William Henry Fox Talbot / Russell Roberts -- William Henry Fox Talbot, 1800-77 / Michael Gray.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"This publication focuses on Talbot's ambitions for the mystical blend of science and art he termed "photogenic drawing" (later called" photography"), as outlined in his classic volume The Pencil of Nature. In addition to familiar icons from photography's beginnings, such as Talbot's cameraless photograms of plant forms and lace, and his photographs of Lacock Abbey, the twelfth-century stone building in which he lived and worked, many unseen and little-known experiments with calotypes will be featured in this invaluable new volume on the life and work of Talbot. Lively and insightful texts offer new critical perspectives on Talbot's significance in the history of image-making, the illustrated book, and the history of ideas."--Jacket.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0893819174
9780893819170
0893819328
9780893819323

Subject:

Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877 Exhibitions.
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877
Talbot, William Henry Fox, (1800-1877)
Photography Great Britain History 19th century Exhibitions.
Photography.
Photographie Histoire et critique.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Photography, Artistic.

Added entries:

Aperture Foundation.
National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television (Great Britain)
Aperture (San Francisco, Calif.) ; no. 161.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 233147
Call No.: TR140.T142 T3 2000
Status: Available

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