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The hidden source of the visible world. Explore the evolution of the "matrix"—from Talbot's paper and the fragile glass plates of the 19th century to the flexible nitrocellulose films that birthed the modern era.

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Contents

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1Improving content on photographic techniques
Introduction
2Introduction to negatives
3Manipulating negatives
Photographers
4Henry Fox Talbot: Paper negatives, waxed paper negatives, calotypes
5Félix Teynard: Egypt and Nubia: Negatives
6Hill & Adamson: A tree at Colinston [Midlothian, Scotland]
7Benjamin Brecknell Turner: Crystal Palace, Hyde Park
8Alphonse De Launay: Negative and positive glass plates
9Gustave Le Gray: Combination prints
10Wilhelm Weimar (1857-1917, Hamburg): Glass negatives
Celluloid roll film
11Roll film

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