Britain’s pioneers of photography to be feted in New York exhibition
By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: Loose Ends, News for Creatives (archives), PhotographyBy Ciar Byrne of The Independent:
“They were the pioneers of photography, the artists of a medium that would transform our perceptions of reality through the invention of the calotype – a delicate print made from a paper negative – by an Englishman, William Henry Fox Talbot.
Now, the first major exhibition of this British art form is being held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives will trace the first two decades of photography in Britain, 1840 to 1860. While previous exhibitions have looked at individual calotype photographers, this is the first time that pieces from 27 lenders have been brought together.”
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