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In Our Time

The Invention of Photography

Duration: 49 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and impact of photography in the 1830s, with heliographs, sun pictures, photogenic drawing, Daguerre and Fox Talbot. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Edwards
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Morrison-Low
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Schaffer

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