Frederick H. Evans

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Frederick Henry Evans, photographed by Gertrude Käsebier

Frederick Henry Evans (born June 26, 1853 in London , † June 24, 1943 ) was a British photographer .

Life

Born in London in 1853, Evans ran a bookstore there in the 1880s after working as a bank clerk. During this time his first contact with photography came in the form of microscopic photographs.

Evans was mainly active as an architectural photographer and is considered a master of platinum printing . In 1890 he published photos of English churches, in 1896 he took photos of churches in France. His work also includes a series on French castles. A selection of Evans' photographs was presented in Camera Work No. 4 in 1903 with accompanying texts by George Bernard Shaw .

Literature (selection)

  • Frederick H. Evans, Anne Hammond (ed): Frederick H. Evans: Selected Texts and Bibliography . GKHall, Boston (Mass.) 1992, ISBN 0-816105-77-4 .
  • Beaumont Newhall: Frederick H. Evans: photographer of the majesty, light and space of the medieval cathedrals of England and France . Millerton, New York 1973, ISBN 0-912334-48-7 .

Web links

Commons : Frederick H. Evans  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Frederick Henry Evans in the Encyclopedia Britannica
  2. ↑ Christopher Hudson (Ed.): Masterpieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 1999, ISBN 0-89236-523-4 , p. 64
  3. ↑ Christopher Hudson (Ed.): Masterpieces in the J. Paul Getty Museum. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 1999, ISBN 0-89236-523-4 , p. 64
personal data
SURNAME Evans, Frederick H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evans, Frederick Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British photographer
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1943
Place of death London