William Henry Fox Talbot at H.P. Kraus, Jr.(Brief Article)

Art in America | April 1, 2000| | Copyright

Early paper photographs were--and are--no match for the daguerreotype in recording sheer information. Paper prints, especially calotypes, are inherently pictorial in that light and mass prevail over depicted detail. The clarity of a fine daguerreotype is almost linear. After attempts to etch them for purposes of reproduction largely failed, however, the daguerreotype gradually became obsolete. The ease with which paper prints could be reproduced was the basis of the proliferation of photographic images. Talbot's negative-positive process was a major factor in the decline of ...

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