Visiting Lacock Abbey in January 2020 in search of light, following in the footsteps of Henry Fox Talbot.
image of Henry Fox Talbot in the museum at Lacock Abbey. Next to it, a quote in large text: "... I do not profess to have perfected an Art, but to have commenced one; the limits of which it is not possible at present exactly to ascertain. I only claim to have based this new Art upon a secure foundatioin: it will be for more skilful hands than mine to rear the superstructure."

Setting the scene - Fox Talbot Museum

Lacock Abbey through the trees

Lacock Abbey through the trees

Lacock Abbey
Archway at Lacock Abbey
wall with window, Lacock Abbey
grounds behind Lacock Abbey
quadrangle in Lacock Abbey
urn inside Lacock Abbey, photographed against the light coming in through a large window
view across Lacock Abbey grounds
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