Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Fr: Sec: Spine of Echinus x. 40 Made in England, Europec. 1887 Frederick H. Evans, British, 1853 - 1943 Platinum print Currently not on view 1973-197-65 Purchased with funds contributed by Dorothy Norman, 1973 |
LabelUnlike many beginning photographers of the nineteenth century who experimented with straightforward portrait or landscape compositions, Evans's earliest trials with photography involved minute organic matter and required the use of a microscope. His complicated "photo-microgram" process allowed him to capture the intricate structures of objects including a water beetle's eye, tiny sea shells, and this section of a sea urchin's spine. Although classified as scientific rather than artistic imagery by the Photographic Society of Great Britain, this photo-microgram demonstrates Evans's ability to delineate the magnificence of organic patterns and presage his photographs that depict the structural beauty of cathedrals. |
