Fox Talbot & the Reading Establishment - Softcover

Andrews, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901677982 ISBN 13: 9781901677980

Publisher: Two Rivers Press, 2014

Synopsis

The very first book in the world to be illustrated with photographs was produced in Reading between 1844 and 1846. In 1843, William Henry Fox Talbot set up the first commercial studios to mass-produce photographs from negatives and he chose the Berkshire town of Reading as its location. The Reading Establishment, as it became known, marks a pivotal moment in the development of photography. Martin Andrews tells the story of these momentous events and places them in the context of the discovery and early history of photography. Told in a lively and engaging way, the story starts with a mystery. Who is the strange, foreign gentleman buying unusual substances in the chemist shops of Reading - is he a forger or a spy?

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About the Author

Martin Andrews was a museum and exhibition designer for many years and since 1990 has been a Lecturer in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. He is a printing historian and has lectured widely in Britain and abroad and published numerous articles as well as an extensive biography of the author and artist, Robert Gibbings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Two Rivers Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1901677982
• ISBN 13: 9781901677980
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88