Photographic Exhibition: The exhibition was held in the art gallery of Durand-Ruel during January 10-30, 1894; the Photo-Club announced that it was "the standard bearer of photographic exhibition art... through propaganda by exhibition."19 A handsome folio album of fifty photogravures was published as a record of the show, and the publication was continued through 1896.
The photographic exhibition world was stunned. Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, professor of photography at the Berlin Technische Hochschule, wrote: "I believe that a general cry of indignation would be raised if the jury for an exhibition of oil paintings consisted of professional photographers only. Is it therefore to be wondered at if similar feelings are expressed by the photographers ?"
In contrast to these highly painterly gum prints are the platinotypes of Frederick H. Evans, who specialized in photographing the cathedrals of France and England. He first became prominent in 1900, when the Royal photographic exhibition Society held an exhibition of his work, and he was elected a member of the Linked Ring. He was by profession a bookseller, but not the usual merchant: his shop in London was a meeting place of writers and artists.
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