Fox Talbot
Britishnoun
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The team turned to the Talbot effect, a classical optics phenomenon first described in 1836 by Henry Fox Talbot.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
Among the images is a print of a cat dating back to the 1830s by photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024
Major examples extending back to photography’s birth began pouring into the collection: works by William Henry Fox Talbot from the 1830s; prints by Gustave Le Gray, Julia Margaret Cameron and Lewis Carroll.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
The photographic processes devised by such 1830s pioneers as Louis Daguerre and William Fox Talbot were influential but soon abandoned.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
This curious phenomenon was noticed by W. H. Fox Talbot about 1840, but does not seem to have become generally known.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
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