Technical Information For Cyanotypes, Polaroid Image Transfers, and Van Dyke Prints
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A correspondent wrote
to William Henry Fox Talbot in 1855 saying that photography was one of
the great "poet ideas" of the century, and it is fair to say
that this is how he saw it. This medium made a kind of union between man
and visible reality, allowing us to look more deeply into all that surrounds
us. He delighted to pore over his lilliputian images long after taking
them, uncovering with a lens fresh details never seen before. The photographic
image was more intricately coded than natural vision, because it held
the data in suspension until you were ready to absorb it. We have grown
used to the process, but for Talbot it retained its halo of the miraculous... |
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Images available for purchase. Contact me via email at [email protected] for pricing information. All images Copyright 1992-2005 by Edwardo Aites. No reproduction or redistribution in any form whether digital or print without prior written consent. |
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