William Henry Fox Talbot, English, 1800-1877
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William Henry Fox Talbot , was the inventor of the negative / positive photographic process, the precursor to most photographic processes of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was also a noted photographer who made major contributions to the development of photography as an artistic medium. His work in the 1850s on photo-mechanical reproduction led to the creation of the photoglyphic engraving process, the precursor to photogravure. Talbot is also remembered as the holder of a patent which, some say, affected the early development of commercial photography in England. Additionally, he made some important early photographs of Oxford, Paris, and York.
Bibliography:
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