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Frederick H. Evans: selected texts and bibliography

Frederick H. Evans: selected texts and bibliography is a comprehensive collection that brings together a selection of the photographer's most significant works. The book offers a detailed look into Evans' photography, featuring a variety of his photographs and accompanying essays. It serves as a reference for those interested in understanding Evans' approach to photography and his impact on the art form. more

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Frederick H. Evans
Frederick H. Evans

Frederick H. Evans was an accomplished photographer renowned for his exquisite captures of natural landscapes and his contributions to the art of photography. His works had a profound impact on the photography world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. more

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“These days I think the composers of music influence me more than any photographers or visual creators. I see something exciting or lovely and think to myself: 'If Papa Haydn or Wolfgang Amadeus or the red-headed Vivaldi were here with a camera, they'd snap a picture of what's in front of me.' So I take the picture for them.”

“I had no aspirations to become a landscape photographer at all. In fact it was portraiture that was my beginning, I suppose. I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks. But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.”

“I don’t get wrapped up in technique and the like. I have a simple rule and that is to spend as much time in the location as possible. You can’t expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years. And in fact I don’t believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That’s why I love it so much.”

“After giving a student the basic mating patterns and strategies you must begin giving them advanced concepts. At first these ideas will not make sense, many players will have a vague idea of what you are talking about but nothing more. Even a fragmented understanding of these concepts will prove useful though, and eventually they will improve as these lessons are assimilated by repetition and example.”