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Fox Talbot and the invention of photography

by William Henry Fox Talbot, Gail Buckland

This study explores the development of modern photography, including the discovery of the latent image and the invention of the negative-positive process. It further examines halftone reproduction and the origins of colour-tinted photography.

Accession 31722 ISBN 0879233079 Publisher David R. Godine, Publisher
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