WHFT in Oxford: Time Past, Time Present

27 Apr 2018: In the last couple of posts, our Research Affiliate Édouard de Saint-Ours has been wandering the streets of his native Paris, giving us new insights into the photographs that Talbot took there in 1843. However, outside of Lacock Abbey, the City of Oxford was the place that Henry Talbot photographed the most. We are fortunate …

Historical value in Talbot’s 1843 Paris Boulevards

20 Apr 2018: Last week, our Research Affiliate Édouard de Saint-Ours contributed some of the fascinating results of his close study of Talbot’s 1843 photographs of his home town, Paris. There was so much new insight that I couldn’t bear to cut much and he set the record for the longest blog that we have ever published. I …

Panoramas & urban observatories: photographic experiments from a Parisian hotel

13 Apr 2018: Thanks to the suggestion of Bertrand Lavédrine, Édouard became one of our Research Affiliates and today brings us some insights into his native city of Paris. A PhD student at the universities of St Andrews (Scotland) and Le Havre (France), Édouard specializes in the history of 19th c. photography. His research interests are unusually diverse, …

This Week of April

6 Apr 2018: With the coming of spring and brighter weather, Henry Talbot was inspired to turn to his cameras. What was he up to during these April days? (yes, I confess that this is really just an excuse to look at some rarely seen photographs) You could consider them to be Easter eggs, if you wish. 2 …