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Traditionally, linen rag papers had been used as the bottom for making photographic prints. Prints on this fiber-based paper coated with a gelatin emulsion are quite stable when correctly processed. Their stability is enhanced if the print is toned with either sepia or selenium . The disadvantage to daguerreotypes is that they cannot be reproduced; each is a unique image. The capability to create multiple prints happened due to the work of Henry Fox Talbot, an English botanist, mathematician and a contemporary of Daguerre. Talbot sensitized paper to light utilizing a silver-salt resolution. Even professional photographers chose this career, almost… Read More