Harbor Scene
Attributed to Thomas Sutton British
Not on view
On a trip to Italy in 1851, Sutton learned the calotype process, a paper-negative and salted paper printing method that produces photographs with fine lines and a soft overall texture. Applying his belief that paper negatives were best suited to capture the poetry of nature, he made a number of scenic views like this one of the bays and harbors surrounding his studio on Jersey. He remained committed to calotypes throughout his career, publishing a technical treatise in 1855 titled The Calotype Process: A Hand Book to Photography and establishing a photographic company that produced prints from calotype negatives with his former rival Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard.
