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Salt and Silver : Early Photography

25 Feb-7 Jun 2015

Tate Britain
London SW1P 4RG

Overview

This is the first exhibition in Britain devoted to salted paper prints, one of the earliest forms of photography. A uniquely British invention, unveiled by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1839, salt prints spread across the globe, creating a new visual language of the modern moment.