Owen Hugh
Fotograf
Lebensdaten[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
(1808-1897)
Werdegang[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
Ausbildung als Buchhalter und entsprechende Tätigkeit für die Great Western Railway
1847 Gründungsmitglied des Calotype Clubs
Zusammenarbeit mit dem Fotografen
1855 Aufgabe der fotografischen Tätigkeit
"As a photographer, Hugh Owen is now chiefly remembered for his photographs of the objects exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 (otherwise known as Exhibition of Works of Industry of All Nations) and for being the first photographer to photograph a cornfield (an achievement since early emulsion usually rendered yellow as black). ... Although somewhat a forgotten figure within the history of photography, Owen is considered to be the master of early photography in Bristol. His contributions to the history of early photography in England are only beginning to be re-discovered. His photographs were often left unsigned but occasionally bear the letters HO." [1]
Literatur[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
Reece Winstone: "Bristol’s Earliest Photographs", Chichester 1974, R.J. Acford Ltd.
James Belsey: "A Small Light in the Far West: Victorian Photographers in Bristol", Bristol 1996, Cartwrights Solicitors in conjunction with Bristol Museums and Art Gallery
John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
Quelle[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- ↑ Zitiert aus: John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
