Talbot’s Processes - Photographic Processes Series - Chapter 3 of 12

PLEASE NOTE, AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS VIDEO IS AVAILABLE ON OUR CHANNEL. Working in England, at the same time as Daguerre, William Henry Fox Talbot is best known for the invention of the negative/positive photographic process that became the standard way of making photographs in the 19th and 20th centuries. His early processes of the photogenic drawing, salted paper print and calotype negative are demonstrated in this chapter. Correction (1:13) : Talbot was a member of the House of Commons. This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-10-13-0194.