[Carpenter and Apprentice]
Attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot British
Not on view
Though lacking the absolute precision of the daguerreotype and later photographic processes, the paper negative admirably rendered blocks of tone, describing form and space in terms of shaded planes, a quality exploited here to enhance the highly geometric structure of the image. Even with the reduced exposure time of Talbot's calotype process instantaneous, or "stop-action," views were beyond the grasp of the nascent medium; instead, Talbot sometimes sought the illusion of spontaneity through staged scenes such as this one.
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![[Carpenter and Apprentice], Attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock), Salted paper print from paper negative](/Rodan/dist/svg/rolling-0.9s-30px.svg)
