I'm in total agreement with Ellis & thank-you Jason for the informative
links.If reading other's correspondence (? voyeurism)
appeals then the Correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot Project
http://www.foxtalbot.arts.gla.ac.uk/
might appeal.
Ray
If we agree that both Atkins in 1843, using Talbots ideas on photograms and
Talbot using photographic images, were both firsts in different areas, then
we can replace the lid and tiptoe quietly away !!!
Ellis
at ???
> Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] first image of a photograph?
>
>
> As I understand the article, Anna Atkins used Talbots photogenic
> (shadowgraph) process, this really only gives a outline of
> the article placed on sensitive paper. This still leaves
> Talbots
Ellis replied:
"Anna Atkins used Talbots photogenic
(shadowgraph) process, this really only gives a outline of the article
placed on sensitive paper. This still leaves Talbots book to be the first to
provide photographs as recognisable images".
This is Pandora's photographic box we are lif
As I understand the article, Anna Atkins used Talbots photogenic
(shadowgraph) process, this really only gives a outline of the article
placed on sensitive paper. This still leaves Talbots book to be the first to
provide photographs as recognisable images.
Ellis
> Regarding John Ptak's post
Regarding John Ptak's post - I don't know the answer but my first impulse
was to access Robert Leggat's 'History of Photography'
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/
a fantastic resource - there may be additional clues there.
I too was under the misapprehension that Fox Talbots 'Pencil of Nature' w
Ellis, is correct regard Fox Talbot work and dates.
Eric
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From: "ellis CORY"
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Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] first image of a photograph?
> I am not sure I understand your question, but the information I
I am not sure I understand your question, but the information I have is that
the Photogenic process was invented by Talbot in 1835, it was basically a
sensitive paper with an object placed on top, exposed to the sun, developed
and fixed. The idea had been tried before, but fixing the image was not
