Background
Henry Talbot was born on December 6, 1920, in Hindenburg, Germany.
Henry Talbot was born on December 6, 1920, in Hindenburg, Germany.
Henry Talbot studied at the Reimann School of Art and Design, Berlin, Germany (1938-1939), the Birmingham School of Art (1939), and Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia (1946-1947). From 1942 to 1946 he served in the Australian Military Forces.
Since 1973 Henry Talbot has been a lecturer in photography at the School of Art & Design, Preston Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. In 1956 he became a partner in Helmut Newton & Henry Talbot Pty. Ltd, Photographic Studio, and in 1960 became the studio's governing director.