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William Talbots' Calotype process
William Talbots' Calotype process
Fig 1.The Building of The Building of Nelson's Column, by William Henry Fox Talbot, c. 1843 calotype print,  The calotype (or talbotype) process, patented by William Henry Fox Talbot in... Read more...
Daguerreotype portrait of a daguerreotypist displaying daguerreotypes and cases pictured in an airtight frame, 1845
French daguerreotype
French Daguerreotype: The Birth of Modern Photography The French daguerreotype, unveiled publicly in 1839, stands as the world’s first successful photographic process and the foundation of modern photography. Invented by Louis‑Jacques‑Mandé... Read more...
By Antoine Claudet - https://talbot.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/talbot/biography/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=134482831
William Henry Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot stands as one of the most influential figures in Victorian photography, a true polymath whose curiosity and frustration with traditional drawing sparked a revolution in visual... Read more...