'For Talbot'

After viewing an image of Fox Talbots that could no longer be in the light, and had to be covered with a cloth at all times, I started to think about the way light, that is pivotal to photography, was now having an adverse effect on his image. To make this work I wanted to use photographic film in daylight, something that is suggested not to do and frowned upon. This is because the light would over expose the film very quickly. Using a dark-slide I positioned the film in close proximity to an object that the light was passing through, I opened and closed it very quickly, and at first glance when developed there was no image, when scanned i saw there was a very faint impression left by the light, reminding me of the aged effect that time and light had on Talbot's images. This work therefore explores the indexical nature of photography, the success of the material at recording light and references the history of the medium.