Talbot's research ran parallel to Daguerre's, and although he struggled to claim precedence for his work following the announcement of the daguerreotype, his negative-positive process ultimately ...

In Blackbird in Snow, the bird and branches take up positive space in the top half of the frame. The bottom half of the composition is almost entirely negative space. This creates a sense of ...

It's a fairly simple process of attaching jumper cables ... the positive needs to be linked to the positive along with the negative to the negative. Otherwise, you won't be able to start the ...

Positive shapes are the shapes of actual objects. Negative shapes are the areas between these objects. The way positive and negative shapes act together creates the atmosphere of a composition.