DOI article:
Holland, Clive: Artistic photography in Great Britain
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GREAT BRITAIN
quite unchallenged position. Indeed, we do not remember any
worker in this particular field, save F. H. Worsley-Benison, at
all comparable to him. For some years past Mr. Mortimer has
contributed largely to the various galleries and exhibitions. “ A
Wind Sea,” reproduced in the present volume, forms an excellent
example of Mr. Mortimer’s work, and its leading characteristics.
Mr. Chas. F. Juston is another worker who, although meeting with
a considerable amount of success in other fields of photographic
work, as is evidenced by his “ The Iris,” reproduced in the present
work, has become most favourably known by reason of his broad
and vigorous seascapes and studies of fishing boats, and other sea-going
craft. His studies “ The Storm Lifting,” “ The Storm Breaking,”
“Waiting to Dock,” “ A Breezy Day,” “ Waiting for the Wind,”
and his notable “ Whence and Whither,” a fine rendering of an
“ oily ” sea with a captivating sense of movement, are excellent
examples. In more recent years Mr. Juston has done excellent
work in the line of portraiture, figure studies, and landscape.
As a photographer of shipping, more especially in harbour, of
fisher and sea-faring folk, Mr. F. M. Sutcliffe holds a position
second to none, and equalled by few. His very pictorial and
beautiful picture, “Fog ; Whitby Harbour,” which has been chosen
for reproduction, is typical of much of his work, which is familiar
to all interested in the art of photography, either through the
medium of the illustrated press or of the leading exhibitions in
various parts of the country.
The pictorial work of Mr. W. J. Day is less well-known than it
deserves to be, as much of it is prompted by true artistic instinct,
backed by great technical skill. Both the pictures reproduced in
the present volume are seascapes, and may be considered as satis-
factorily representing the particular qualities one has become
accustomed to associate with this branch of his work. There is a
fine and poetic suggestion of both space and luminosity in the moon-
lit wave study which could only be found in the production by
means of the camera of a true artist. Mr. Day has also done
excellent work in portraiture, and in the genre which has been
closely associated with M. Paul Bergon and other prominent French
workers, namely figure studies in classic drapery en plein air.
Somewhat difficult to place are Mr. John C. Warburg, Mr. A.
Marshall, Mr. W. Thomas, Mr. A. Cochrane, Mr. C. H. L.
Emanuel, Mr. Graystone Bird, and Mr. Cruwys Richards, who have
one and all essayed several classes of work with varying success, and
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quite unchallenged position. Indeed, we do not remember any
worker in this particular field, save F. H. Worsley-Benison, at
all comparable to him. For some years past Mr. Mortimer has
contributed largely to the various galleries and exhibitions. “ A
Wind Sea,” reproduced in the present volume, forms an excellent
example of Mr. Mortimer’s work, and its leading characteristics.
Mr. Chas. F. Juston is another worker who, although meeting with
a considerable amount of success in other fields of photographic
work, as is evidenced by his “ The Iris,” reproduced in the present
work, has become most favourably known by reason of his broad
and vigorous seascapes and studies of fishing boats, and other sea-going
craft. His studies “ The Storm Lifting,” “ The Storm Breaking,”
“Waiting to Dock,” “ A Breezy Day,” “ Waiting for the Wind,”
and his notable “ Whence and Whither,” a fine rendering of an
“ oily ” sea with a captivating sense of movement, are excellent
examples. In more recent years Mr. Juston has done excellent
work in the line of portraiture, figure studies, and landscape.
As a photographer of shipping, more especially in harbour, of
fisher and sea-faring folk, Mr. F. M. Sutcliffe holds a position
second to none, and equalled by few. His very pictorial and
beautiful picture, “Fog ; Whitby Harbour,” which has been chosen
for reproduction, is typical of much of his work, which is familiar
to all interested in the art of photography, either through the
medium of the illustrated press or of the leading exhibitions in
various parts of the country.
The pictorial work of Mr. W. J. Day is less well-known than it
deserves to be, as much of it is prompted by true artistic instinct,
backed by great technical skill. Both the pictures reproduced in
the present volume are seascapes, and may be considered as satis-
factorily representing the particular qualities one has become
accustomed to associate with this branch of his work. There is a
fine and poetic suggestion of both space and luminosity in the moon-
lit wave study which could only be found in the production by
means of the camera of a true artist. Mr. Day has also done
excellent work in portraiture, and in the genre which has been
closely associated with M. Paul Bergon and other prominent French
workers, namely figure studies in classic drapery en plein air.
Somewhat difficult to place are Mr. John C. Warburg, Mr. A.
Marshall, Mr. W. Thomas, Mr. A. Cochrane, Mr. C. H. L.
Emanuel, Mr. Graystone Bird, and Mr. Cruwys Richards, who have
one and all essayed several classes of work with varying success, and
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