Photos by Szabo
Ivan
Szabo who took the photographs above was elected an Honorary Member of
Photographic Society of Scotland in 1856.
He was then based in St Andrews working with Thomas Rodger.
He became a professional photographer in
Edinburgh
the following year. He exhibited his work in the first three PSS
Exhibitions, in 1856, 1857 and 1858.
William Henry Fox Talbot made most of
his early photographic discoveries at Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, now
the Fox Talbot museum. During that time he communicated regularly
with Sir David Brewster in St Andrews.
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