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Three Sheets of Gauze, Crossed Obliquely
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William Henry Fox TalbotPhotographer · 1800–1877
All works by this person →In 1833, after failed attempts at drawing using the camera lucida, an optical tool, William Henry Fox Talbot wrote: "[H]ow charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural images to imprint themselves durably, and remain fixed upon the paper!" Talbot, a scientist, mathematician, and author, is credited with being one of the inventors of photography. In mid-1834 he began to experimen
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- about 1852–1857
- Medium
- Photographic engraving
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Talbot introduced photography to the world in 1839, and his desire to make a permanent image continued for years afterward. One result was the invention of the photogravure process, which reproduced a photographic image using printers' ink. As an innovator and inventor, Talbot created work that is highly important to the Museum's collection and our understanding of the history of photography. This rare experimental picture has a remarkably modern feel to it, in part due to its geometrically abstract quality.
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