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Specimens and Marvels: The World of William Henry Fox Talbot

William Henry Fox Talbot

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Published to mark the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Britain's celebrated inventor of photography, Specimens & Marvels is drawn from the National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television (NMPFT) in Bradford, England, the world's largest collection of photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot.
This unprecedented publication focuses on Talbot's ambitions for the mystical blend of science and art that he termed "photogenic drawing" (later called photography), as outlined in his classic volume The Pencil of Nature.
In addition to some of the familiar icons from photography's beginnings, such as Talbot's cameraless photograms of plant forms and lace, many unseen and little-known experiments with calotypes are featured in this invaluable new volume on the life and work of Talbot.
Lively and insightful texts illuminate the mid-nineteenth-century cultural milieu from which Talbot's vision for photography emerged-a vision that would permanently alter how human beings view themselves and the world. New critical perspectives shed light on Talbot's significance in the history of image-making, the illustrated book, and the history of ideas.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2003, Hardcover - 2002, Softcover - 2002, Hardcover - 2000, 1998, Hardcover - 1992, 1989, 1976, Hardcover - 1968