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Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (died 1877)
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Henry Fox Talbot
English photography pioneer (1800–1877)
William Henry Fox Talbot was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries. His work in the 1840s on photomechanical reproduction led to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Calotype
Early photographic process
Calotype or talbotype is an early photographic process introduced in 1841 by William Henry Fox Talbot, using paper coated with silver iodide. Paper texture effects in calotype photography limit the ability of this early process to record low contrast details and textures.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Day of the year
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