Specimens and Marvels
Subtitle: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Invention of Photography
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Aperture
Published: November 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780893819170
Subjects: Photographs: collections; Individual Photographer; Individual Photographers And Their Work; Talbot, William Henry Fox,; Photo Essays; Photography; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions; Photography / General; 1800-1877; 19th century; Exhibitions; Great Britain; History
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.