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William Henry Fox Talbot was a photography pioneer and the inventor of the first negative-to-positive photographic process.

As the Chelsea Flower Show gets under way, we pick pollinator-friendly meadows and gardens for making a beeline to, from North Uist to the Tower of London

ICONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY – Iconic Photograph - View from the Window at Le Gras by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

Chiswick Auctions is returning to its roots.

A long time ago, on a continent far, far away, it was a dark time for photographers. Available lenses were F16. Exposure times were long and portraits nearly impossible. The evil Lord Talbot ruled the photographic galaxy. But In the icy world of Europe, a group of bold lens designers sought to change all of that...

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Photobook Simon Hill HonFRPS, President of the RPS simon.hill@rps.org William Henry Fox Talbot was a polymath, perhaps best known as one of the founding father’s of photography, alongside Johann Heinrich Schulze (1717), Thomas Wedgwood (circa 1800), Nicéphore Niépce (circa 1820), and Louis Daguerre (1839).  Talbot’s salted paper photographic process was the result of experiments he had begun in 1834.  However, it w...

This world-class exhibition reveals the historic links between pioneering photographers and the world of plants

The study of the history of photography in Malta has, in the past few years, made gigantic strides. We now know a lot about the pioneers, the glam camera artists, the dominant studios, their product. But we have bypassed those more lowly in the pecking order – the itinerant photographer who daily set up his bulky camera in well-frequented public spaces, waiting for passing trade. They didn’t advertise, they did not sign or stamp their handiwork. It was cash and carry business. I believe the...

William Fox Talbot collection sells for nearly £1.5 million at auction, a new record April 23, 2021 A trove of nearly 200 early photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot quadrupled its pre-auction estimate to achieve $1,956,000 (£1,411,557) this week, a new auction record for the seminal British photography pioneer. Gifted by the photographer to his sister and remaining in the family since, the collection made its auction debut as a highlight of Sotheby’s 50 Masterworks to Celebrate 50...