Photogravure

Photogravure

Photogravure was developed by Nicephore Niepce in France in the 1820s and then was made in England by Henry Fox Talbot. According to the British Library "Nicephore was looking for a way to create a photographic image on plates that could then be etched and used to make prints on paper with a traditional printing press. Nicephore Niepce images were among the first photographs". Talbot wanted to make paper prints that would not fade.

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David Morrish

Photogravure was later improved in 1878 by Czech painter Karel Klic, who used Talbot theory, this is still the same theory that we use today.

This had an effect on photojournalist because this process would take a long time to process, In the previous modules for this class there was a video which showed what steps have to be taken when using a Photogravure. MatthewBrady and Roger Fenton mentioned in their video that as a photojournalist you have to know what you are looking for in the picture so you don’t over or under develop it.