'Fox Talbot to Fred Ives' poster

Date

1974

Collection

Tom Eckersley Collection

Creator(s)

Tom Eckersley, London College of Communication

Code

TE/2/1/1/2

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License

Creative Commons

The poster contains information about the lecture on 22 May 1974 by Paul R Major.

The central image features a circular portrait photograph of Fox Talbot [1800-1877, the inventor of the negative / positive photographic process] in the 'sight' of an abstract pedestal camera in block colours of red, white and black. The camera is built from circular, square and rectangular shapes giving it the appearance of a collage. The background colour is white. Measures, 73.5cm by 48cm.

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