Points of View at the British Library


fox_talbot.jpg

The British Library in London has opened 'Points of View: Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs'. There's blurb and an 'online exhibition' but the Library's website is only an almost for me; they're trying, there's a blog for comments and all, but as usual I'd like to see some photos. Big photos. I don't want to have to click an image 4 times before it's larger than a postage stamp nor use 'zoomify', a feature that lets you scroll so that the image disappears entirely from your screen. Really though, this is all just an excuse for me to publish the Fox Talbot from my personal collection.

The Boulevard, Paris, 1843 by William Henry Fox Talbot
Exhibitions

2 Comments

Nice to see this talbot photo - thanks

Well OK you do have to navigate through some pages to see big images, but that's not unusual is it? There are 37 'big photos' there which you can print onto an A4 sheet if you don't like zoomify

eg http://ogimages.bl.uk/images/pointsofview/3_2_large.jpg

Over 1500 further images on BL website at http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/earlyphotos/index.html

Thanks Colin. For me, a greater online experience would be being able to navigate through all 37 nice big images. A full screen slideshow would be even better. Don't get me wrong the Library website has some outstanding features that other institutions should envy. I am about to get sucked into a virtual book...