Frederick H. Evans
Capturing the delicate hollowness of any scene in landscape, architecture, and portraiture, Frederick H. Evans was a master at his craft. The native Englishman, born June 26, 1853, began his career as a bookseller, later experimenting in photography. Working from Cheapside, London, Evans contracted work across the countryside taking pictures of mighty estates, magnificent cathedrals, and wealthy nobles. Having lived a long life of traveling and taking pictures, Evans passed away on June 24, 1943, but not without leaving behind a great collection of images to inspire ambitious photographers.
Greatly known for his distinctive photographs of medieval English cathedrals and some portraiture, Evans also took shots at several country homes including Kelmscott Manor. In 1896, Evans photographed the Attic there, a melancholy, yet somehow comforting picture. In it, lines, triangles, and rectangles fill the space, and these shapes make up a frame within a frame appearance using the sides of the roof and the wooden beams. The great depth of field of the image keeps the foreground and background in focus creating an in-person feel when viewing it. Though there is no feature as in a person or specific object in the image, the feelings it brings forth in the viewer are what make it impactful. This image brings forth a sense of harmony and otherworldliness, which is breathtaking. Evans uses his skill for composition and catching spirituality in not only the Attic, but all of his photographs.
Frederick H. Evans works are magnificent and touching the same time. He wields an excellent eye for beautiful photographs in architecture, landscape, and portraiture. The great images he left behind after death remind us of what can be found in the buildings around us: an empty splendor waiting to be filled up.
Capturing the delicate hollowness of any scene in landscape, architecture, and portraiture, Frederick H. Evans was a master at his craft. The native Englishman, born June 26, 1853, began his career as a bookseller, later experimenting in photography. Working from Cheapside, London, Evans contracted work across the countryside taking pictures of mighty estates, magnificent cathedrals, and wealthy nobles. Having lived a long life of traveling and taking pictures, Evans passed away on June 24, 1943, but not without leaving behind a great collection of images to inspire ambitious photographers.
Greatly known for his distinctive photographs of medieval English cathedrals and some portraiture, Evans also took shots at several country homes including Kelmscott Manor. In 1896, Evans photographed the Attic there, a melancholy, yet somehow comforting picture. In it, lines, triangles, and rectangles fill the space, and these shapes make up a frame within a frame appearance using the sides of the roof and the wooden beams. The great depth of field of the image keeps the foreground and background in focus creating an in-person feel when viewing it. Though there is no feature as in a person or specific object in the image, the feelings it brings forth in the viewer are what make it impactful. This image brings forth a sense of harmony and otherworldliness, which is breathtaking. Evans uses his skill for composition and catching spirituality in not only the Attic, but all of his photographs.
Frederick H. Evans works are magnificent and touching the same time. He wields an excellent eye for beautiful photographs in architecture, landscape, and portraiture. The great images he left behind after death remind us of what can be found in the buildings around us: an empty splendor waiting to be filled up.