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
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
Lacock Abbey, one of many locations to become Hogwarts, is a country house with monastic roots and was once the home of William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of the photographic negative.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2021
The most noticeable death in the photographic world of this year was that of Henry Fox Talbot.
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