stands to this day as the single icon of early photography.
I was obsessed by the mullions, the panes, the window
surround, as a whole and as parts of the whole, as a
made construction, a geometry. Then, like a sleigh or
an apparition appearing suddenly on a rooftop, there
was the tree, Talbot���s tree (or a descendant of it), nature
beyond the window, looming, making the story complete.
Nature in its majesty, the tree, like a noble stag, drew me
through the window to the eternal unity of the made and
natural world, captured so momentously by Fox Talbot,
whose vision I was privileged to share.
From the moment I entered Lacock to the moment
I left, I did not leave my camera. Through my Nikon I
saw everything. It was one of the single most wonderful
experiences of my life. H
HYLAND
