William Henry Fox Talbot

The Alchemist of the Latent Image and the Architect of Photographic Reproducibility

Portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot holding a camera lens, by John Moffat (Edinburgh, 1864).

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Introduction

Within the vast and complex landscape of the history of photography, few figures hold an ontological significance comparable to that of William Henry Fox Talbot.

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William Henry Fox Talbot

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William Henry Fox Talbot

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con centinaia di schede di Biografie e Opere.