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Frederick H. Evans (26 June 1853 – 24 June 1943) was an English photographer, best known for his images of architectural subjects, such as English and French cathedrals.
Evans was born and died in London. He began his career as a bookseller, but retired from that to become a full-time photographer in 1898, when he adopted the
File:Frederick H. Evans (British - Ely Cathedral- A Memory of the Normans - Google Art Project.jpg, ''A Memory of the Normans'' (1903)
File:Frederick H. Evans (British - Ely Cathedral- Across Nave and Octagon - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Across Nave and Octagon'' (1903)
File:Frederick H. Evans (British - Height and Light in Bourges Cathedral - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Height and Light in Bourges Cathedral'' (1903)
File:Frederick H. Evans (British - In Sure and Certain Hope - Google Art Project.jpg, ''In Sure and Certain Hope'' (1904)
File:Frederick H. Evans (British - York Minster- "In Sure and Certain Hope" - Google Art Project.jpg, ''In Sure and Certain Hope'' (1903)
File:Frederick H. Evans (British - York Minster- Into the North Transept - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Into the North Transept'' (1903)
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Frederick H. 1853 births 1943 deaths History of platinum printing 19th-century English photographers Photographers from London
Frederick H. Evans (26 June 1853 – 24 June 1943) was an English photographer, best known for his images of architectural subjects, such as English and French cathedrals.
Evans was born and died in London. He began his career as a bookseller, but retired from that to become a full-time photographer in 1898, when he adopted the platinotype
Platinum prints, also called ''platinotypes'', are photographic prints made by a monochrome printing process involving platinum.
Platinum tones range from warm black, to reddish brown, to expanded mid-tone grays that are unobtainable in silver ...
technique for his photography. Platinotype images, with extensive and subtle tonal range, non glossy-images, and better resistance to deterioration than other methods available at the time, suited Evans' subject matter. Almost as soon as he began, however, the cost of platinum - and consequently, the cost of platinum paper for his images - began to rise. Because of this cost, and because he was reluctant to adopt alternate methodologies, by 1915 Evans retired from photography altogether.
Evans' ideal of straightforward, "perfect" photographic rendering - unretouched or modified in any way - as an ideal was well-suited to the architectural foci of his work: the ancient, historic, ornate and often quite large cathedrals, cloisters and other buildings of the English and French countryside. This perfectionism, along with his tendency to exhibit and write about his work frequently, earned for him international respect and much imitation. He ultimately became regarded as perhaps the finest architectural photographer of his, or any, era - though some professionals privately felt that the Evans' philosophy favoring extremely literal images was restrictive of the creative expression rapidly becoming available within the growing technology of the photographic field.
Evans was also an able photographer of landscapes and portraits, and among the many notable friends and acquaintances he photographed was George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...
, with whom he also often corresponded. Evans was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1928, he was also a member of the Linked Ring photographic society.
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Frederick H. Evans
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Art Institute of Chicago
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Frederick H. 1853 births 1943 deaths History of platinum printing 19th-century English photographers Photographers from London