Term - Calotype process

Calotype process SWPP Photographic Glossary

Tuesday 25th March 2025  

MPB - Buy, sell or trade used photo and video kit



SWPP

Glossary
 

Image Competition
Free entry for SWPP members.

Membership
Free Information Pack

Qualifications - An Overview

Calotype process

Invented by W.H. Fox Talbot in 1839. Paper was coated with silver iodide and a solution of silver nitrate and gallic acid. Following exposure the paper was developed in a silver nitrate solution.



 

Information provided by: SWPP
More Photographic Terms

Contact SWPP

Reviews

The Society of Photographers Excellent TrustPilot

The Society of Photographers 4.9 stars

Update cookies preferences