William Henry Fox Talbot and the promise of photography / Dan Leers ; with contributions by Larry J. Schaaf.

This publication serves as a primer on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot, a true interdisciplinary innovator who drew on his knowledge of art, botany, chemistry and optics to become one of the inventors of photography in 1839. Talbot?s 'photogenic drawings' (photograms), calotypes and salted pape...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Leers, Dan (Author)
Corporate Author:	Carnegie Museum of Art (Organizer, Host institution)
Other Authors:	Schaaf, Larry J. (Larry John), 1947- (Contributor)
Language:	English
Published:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Carnegie Museum of Art, [2017]
Subjects:	Talbot, William Henry Fox, > 1800-1877. Talbot, William Henry Fox, > 1800-1877 > Exhibitions. Fotografie.
Genre:	Exhibitions.
Physical Description:	95 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format:	Book

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