TY - BOOK AU - Batchen,Geoffrey TI - William Henry Fox Talbot SN - 9780714841984 (hbk.) : U1 - 770.92 22 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Phaidon KW - Talbot, William Henry Fox, KW - Photography, Artistic KW - Individual photographers KW - bicssc N1 - Contains biographical information about Talbot N2 - The father of modern photography, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) developed the process by which photographic images could be reproduced. This book assesses Fox Talbot's role, not just as a scientist, but also as a photographer, and makes it clear how important he was to the advancement of the medium ER -