William Henry Fox Talbot - Beyond Photography

A fascinating exploration of the Victorian photography pioneer's life and works.

About the author

Mirjam Brusius is postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Harvard University. Katrina Dean is a university archivist at Melbourne University. Chitra Ramalingam is postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.

Summary

William Henry Fox Talbot was a British pioneer in photography, yet he also embraced wider preoccupations of Victorian Age - a time that saw many political, intellectual, technical, and industrial changes. This title reveals the connections and contrasts between his photographic innovations and his investigations into optics, and classical studies.

Product details

• Authors: June Barrow-Green, Mirjam Brusius, Mirjam Dean Brusius, BRUSIUS MIRJAM DEAN KATRINA RAMA, Katrina Dean, Vered Maimon, Eleanor Robson, Eleanor Smith Robson, Larry J Schaaf, Larry J. Schaaf, Anne Secord, Graham Smith, Herta Wolf
• Assisted by: Mirjam Brusius (Editor), Katrina Dean (Editor), Chitra Ramalingam (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2013
• EAN: 9780300179347
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17934-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Studies in British Art; Studies in British Art
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV