FAH245H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Henry Fox Talbot, Oscar Gustave Rejlander, Julia Margaret Cameron
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Understood how light could help create visual representation to commercial exploitation. Meant to present his work to the academy of fine arts and sciences. Gave his invention to the people of france (the governement: very much in the public domain can make a daguerreotype. Whereas nicephorus would sue ppl to get the rites. William henry fox talbot and nicolaas henneman: reading establishment salted paper prints from paper negatives, 186x223mm, 1846 (ny met) Nicolaas henneman would be stationed at the printing house in reading, england. Talbot is relived from working with his hands, but he reaps the awards. This image shows the workings of the reading establishment. The king and queen wanted to be #relatable so they would hire ppl to photograph them and sell them for cheap so the regular folk could feel close to them. Ppl with limited 14230 can now not only get images of celebrities, but they can also take photos of themselves.
