william henry fox talbot. born in 18oo studied at cambridge on tri to lake como in italy, sketched...
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William Henry Fox Talbot
• Born in 18OO• Studied at Cambridge• On tri to Lake Como in Italy, sketched landsca e using camera
lucida….metal arm on board with rism at other end…• Rojected image lacked sohistication and detail when drawn• Romted Talbot to begin inventing a rocess for caturing image• Figured out how to cature image with short exosure time
and then chemically develo and fix….couldnt see image until rocessed above calotye
Flowers, Leaves, and Stemc. 1838
Cloisters, Lacock Abbey1843
Pantheon1843
The Haystack1844-45
Nicolaas Henneman, Asleepc. 1844-45
Ships at Low Tidec. 1844
Resources
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/fox_talbot_william_henry.shtml
• http://www.masters-of-photography.com/T/talbot/talbot.html
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