Emil Obrovsky was a significant mid-20th-century

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photographer and a founder of the ''Österreichische Gesellschaft für Photographie'' (Austrian Society for Photography).

Photography

Obrovsky's work in both

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and documentary styles attracted international attention and he also produced Modernist semi-abstract photograms. His Pictorialist ''Im Hafen'' (In the Harbour) was included in London Salon of Photography of 1953. One commentator remarked: "''From Corfu to Mount Athos'' was the title of Emil Obrovsky's picture of his vacation of last year, and it must be known that Obrovsky is not one of those photographers who are unconcerned about quality..." His backlit picture of women washing laundry on a riverbank appears in

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's 1955 record-breaking world-touring exhibition of international photography organised by

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Promotion of Austrian photography

In 1955, four internationally renowned photographers, Karl Piringer, Leopold Fischer, Erich Körner and Emil Obrovsky, founded the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Photographie (ÖGPh). Piringer became the first president and Obrovsky the treasurer. Membership is honorary, carrying the title "ÖGPh" or "Hon.ÖGPh"; a prerequisite for an appointment to the ÖGPh was that the candidate have at least 300 image acceptances of work into international photo salons and, in addition, a recommendation from two full members is essential. Commensurate with the requirements of the Austrian Society, Obrovsky appears in exhibition catalogues, records and publications throughout the 1950s. Amongst these are the 1953

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Centenary Pictorial Exhibition; ''The American Annual of Photography''; ''Photographische Korrespondenz: Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche undangewandte Photographie und die gesamte Reproduktionstechnik'';Photographische Korrespondenz: Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche undangewandte Photographie und die gesamte Reproduktionstechnik, Volume 94, 1958. ''Foto Prisma''; and Photography XX: 20th Group exhibition in

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, Spain, 1952, organized by the Sociedad Fotográfica de Guipuzcoa. He organised the ''Internationale Photoausstellung Austria'' of 1959 and produced its catalogue.Emil Obrovsky 8. Internationale Photoausstellung Austria 1959. Wien 11. April-10. Mai

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