Henry Fox Talbot Quote

One advantage of the discovery of the Photographic Art will be, that it will enable us to introduce into our pictures a multitude of minute details which add to the truth and reality of the representation, but which no artist would take the trouble to faithfully copy from nature.


The Pencil of Nature (ed. Library of Alexandria, 1969) - ISBN: 9781465547873


One advantage of the discovery of the Photographic Art will be, that it will enable us to introduce into our pictures a multitude of minute details...

One advantage of the discovery of the Photographic Art will be, that it will enable us to introduce into our pictures a multitude of minute details...

One advantage of the discovery of the Photographic Art will be, that it will enable us to introduce into our pictures a multitude of minute details...

One advantage of the discovery of the Photographic Art will be, that it will enable us to introduce into our pictures a multitude of minute details...