Robert Lassam Jul 21, 2008
Robert "Bob" Lassam, who has died aged 94, was a major but gentle force in the world of photography in the second half of the 20th century, first as exhibitions manager for Kodak, and then as the founding curator of the Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, former home of photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot. Among the many photographers Lassam championed was Anthony Armstrong-Jones, whose first exhibition he put on at Kodak in 1957. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Salt & Pepper Jun 24, 2008
Made by first soaking cotton paper in salt followed by silver nitrate solution, this tedious process has two genuine claims to its growing fame - it boasts the widest range of tones, from deep blacks to delicate highlights, of any photographic print process and authorship by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1834. Fox Talbot was one of the triumvirate who invented photography. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Framing a Century': Photography from 1840-1940 Jun 10, 2008
It begins with the innovations of the British gentleman William Henry Fox Talbot, and concludes with the homespun classicism of the American Walker Evans, the studio experiments of Man Ray and, finally, the breathtaking moments captured by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Brassai, geniuses of the street. In between are the landscapes of Roger Fenton, Gustave Le Gray and Carleton E. Watkins; portraits by Nadar and Julia Margaret Cameron; and views of 19th- and early-20th-century Paris and France by... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Schneider's photos add a dose of science Jun 2, 2008
William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of negative/positive photography back in the 1830s, was a leading authority on optics and theoretical mathematics. The relationship between art and science in photography has endured. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
An image is a mystery for photo detectives Apr 18, 2008
Sotheby's was preparing to sell a striking rust-brown image of a leaf on paper, long thought to have been made by William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the inventors of photography. So the auction house contacted a Baltimore historian considered to be the world's leading Talbot expert and asked if he could grace the sale's catalogue with any interesting scholarly details about the print known as a photogenic drawing, a crude precursor to the photograph. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Historic image pulled from auction Apr 3, 2008
It had previously been attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot, considered the father of photography along with Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre. Leaf was among six similar anonymous works that were sold individually at Sothebys London in 1984. (MSNBC -- News)
Image may rewrite photographic history Mar 28, 2008
It had previously been attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot, considered the father of photography along with Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre. It was thought to have been made in 1839 at what is widely accepted as the dawn of photography. (MSNBC -- News)
No finer arts around than at these college museums Mar 16, 2008
Nineteenth-century pioneers are represented, including William Henry Fox Talbot and Edward Muybridge, to contemporary photographers including Chris Enos and Robert Mapplethorpe. Jaci Conry, a freelance writer and managing editor of South Shore Living magazine, can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
Chamber Orchestra taps Hewes as exec. director Jan 14, 2008
Artists include the co-inventor of photography, William Henry Fox Talbot; the 19th-century Parisian caricaturist and photographer Nadar; the innovative 20th-century environmental portraitist Arnold Newman; and a pivotal West Coast photographer, Judy Dater. The museum will screen John Szarkowsky: A Life in Photography three times (Jan. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Point and click Oct 26, 2007
In 1843, the pioneering British photographer William Henry Fox Talbot demonstrated the all-seeing power of his invention with a photo of Trafalgar Square, showing Nelson's Column under construction. an error occurred while processing this directive] The column itself is almost irrelevant. (BBC News -- UK)
Fred Spira, at 83; shop owner popularized photo gadgets Sep 16, 2007
The volume was based on Mr. Spira's collection of about 10,000 books, articles, and documents written by or about prominent figures in photographic history, among them George Eastman, the founder of the Eastman Kodak Co.; Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype, for which images were exposed directly onto a mirror-polished surface; and William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of the positive-negative photographic process. The collection also includes about 20,000 photographic... (Boston Globe)
Fred Spira, 83, photo historian Sep 14, 2007
The study is based on Spira's collection of about 10,000 books, articles and documents written by or about prominent figures in photographic history among them George Eastman, the founder of the Eastman Kodak Co.; Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype, for which images were exposed directly onto a mirror-polished surface; and William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of the positive-negative photographic process. The collection also includes about 20,000 photographic devices, some... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Hiroshi Sugimoto: At home on an ocean of time Jun 9, 2007
But his big thrill of late is his pursuit of the rare, early negatives made by pioneering British photographer William Henry Fox Talbot in the 1830s. Sugimoto now owns 15 of these, which record plants and various oblique views of Talbot's castle near London. (Globe and Mail)
Picture this -- while you can Mar 18, 2007
" Estimate: $400,000 to $600,000. The sole certainly unique print on view from the Weston Collection, "Portrait of Edward Weston" by his lover Margrethe Mather (1886-1952), gains value both from its rarity and its intimate relation to its subject, which the warmth of the image seems to reflect. But Mather has nothing like Weston's own importance in the history of the medium, which has probably "depressed" the estimate to $250,000 to $350,000. Many factors account for what will strike most people... (San Francisco Chronicle)
