Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If we would of had his way photography should of died right then and there. Gratefully Talbot lost his frivolous suit, otherwise royalties would of stifled the access to the practice of photography for the common man. Is it still unpractical to thank the French for placing photography in the public domain? S. Dimitrov On Mar 17, 2005, at 10:48 PM, Eric Ladner wrote: > > My favorite had nothing to do with France or Germany: 1800 - birth of > William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer > (brings photography into the thread!) > Slobodan Dimitrov http://sdimitrovphoto.com