Fox TalbotFox Talbot is universally recognised as the father of modern photography. His 'calotype' or 'Talbotype' process was the first working photographic process to use the now familiar format of negatives and positives. He was an ambitious man, but his interests spread far beyond the confines of photography. As a mathematician, he was awarded first Membership and then Fellowship of the Royal Society before the age of thirty three. He was also an