DOI issue:
No. 321 (December 1919)
DOI article:Some works of Mr. E. O. Hoppé
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21359#0112
SOME WORKS OF MR. E. O. HOPPE
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POSTER. DESIGNED
BY E. O. HOPPIi
the posing of his subjects, and from risking
those distortions of attitude which often
make a photograph ridiculous. a a
Mr. Hoppe has evidently profited by his
experience of creative arts, and has found
out how it can be usefully applied in photo-
graphy. His Portrait of a Musician is
treated with much more feeling for refine-
ments of tone and with much more idea of
suitable picture-making than the average
photograph reveals, and also with an
unusual perception of the way in which
character can be emphasized by considered
lighting; and his composition, Saints,
shows excellent judgment, both in distribu-
tion of lines and in management of light
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and shade. Both works are agreeably free
from commonplace actuality and yet both
have the merit of being honest applications
of the photographic medium. But in them
the man behind the camera has counted
for much, and his mind and his taste,
working through the machine, have affected
beneficially the ultimate result—the artist
has made his personality felt. 0 0
In his other work there is a note of
ingenuity that is decidedly attractive. His
water-colour, The Enchanted Castle, has a
pleasant touch of fantasy and just the right
note of mystery which the subject needed.
It is cleverly designed, too, and the use
that is made of strong vertical lines and of
t
POSTER. DESIGNED
BY E. O. HOPPIi
the posing of his subjects, and from risking
those distortions of attitude which often
make a photograph ridiculous. a a
Mr. Hoppe has evidently profited by his
experience of creative arts, and has found
out how it can be usefully applied in photo-
graphy. His Portrait of a Musician is
treated with much more feeling for refine-
ments of tone and with much more idea of
suitable picture-making than the average
photograph reveals, and also with an
unusual perception of the way in which
character can be emphasized by considered
lighting; and his composition, Saints,
shows excellent judgment, both in distribu-
tion of lines and in management of light
106
and shade. Both works are agreeably free
from commonplace actuality and yet both
have the merit of being honest applications
of the photographic medium. But in them
the man behind the camera has counted
for much, and his mind and his taste,
working through the machine, have affected
beneficially the ultimate result—the artist
has made his personality felt. 0 0
In his other work there is a note of
ingenuity that is decidedly attractive. His
water-colour, The Enchanted Castle, has a
pleasant touch of fantasy and just the right
note of mystery which the subject needed.
It is cleverly designed, too, and the use
that is made of strong vertical lines and of