Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
Time: February 8, 2015 at 6pm to July 19, 2015 at 7pm
Location: Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock
Street: Lacock, Wiltshire SN15 2LG
City/Town: Lacock
Website or Map: http://www.nationaltrust.org.…
Phone: 01249 730459
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: Fox Talbot Museum - VRC
Latest Activity: Mar 11, 2015
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Platinum, the new exhibition in the Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock, features work by world renowned photographers, from Alvin Langdon Coburn, Jacques Henri Lartigue to Bryan Adams. But the unexpected stars of the show are the printers behind each photograph, the master printers of 31 Studio, and the platinum prints themselves.
Many of the photographs might be familiar to you, and the exhibition is a rare chance to see these images in the fine art of a platinum print.
Throughout history most photographers used the traditional method of silver printing for their photographs, which is still used today, alongside the rise of digital photography. But this exhibition features only platinum prints, a rare art only rediscovered in the 1970s and perfected by Max and Paul Caffell from 31 Studio in Gloucestershire.
Platinum prints are monochrome, with an extended tonal range, bringing greater depth and resolution to the photograph. You could compare the difference between a silver and platinum print to a string quartet and symphony orchestra – both produce beautiful art, but an orchestra can offer so many more nuances.
The show continues until 12 July.
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
Frederick Scott Archer
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