{"product_id":"inventing-photography-geoffrey-batchen-9781851245963","title":"Inventing Photography: William Henry Fox Talbot in the Bodleian Library","description":"\u003cb\u003eA compelling look into the archives of the innovative photographer, William Henry Fox Talbot.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e William Henry Fox Talbot is celebrated today as the English inventor of photography. He first made early photographic experiments in the 1830s and released the details of his photogenic drawing process in January 1839. He continued to introduce important innovations to the medium in the 1840s and 1850s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on archival material in the Bodleian Library, including three albums given by Talbot to his sister, Horatia Feilding, and his illustrated books, \u003ci\u003eSun Pictures in Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pencil of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume shows how Talbot was continually inventing photography anew. A selection of eighty full-page plates provides a thematic survey of Talbot's work, reproducing images that document his travels, his home, and his family, as well as his intellectual interests, from science to literature to ancient languages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An illustrated introduction places Talbot's work within the context of a modernizing Britain, as well as within his own social and intellectual milieu, and explores how the competing daguerreotype process spurred Talbot to improve his own techniques and seek new functions and uses for paper-based photographs. This evocative selection is a testament to Talbot's constant quest for new photographic advances, offering a window into the archives of an extraordinarily determined and creative man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoffrey Batchen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1851245960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781851245963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bodleian Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 9.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023","brand":"Geoffrey Batchen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069993480447,"sku":"9781851245963","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72e59695-bee1-494d-92ba-e9002c6aa123.jpg?v=1685427718","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inventing-photography-geoffrey-batchen-9781851245963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}