Hugo van Wadenoyen (1892 – 1 March 1959 in Cheltenham) was a British photographer, of Dutch origins. He lived in Cheltenham England, and was an influential figure in the long drawn-out genesis of British fine art photography, especially in the 1945–1965 period.
Van Wadenoyen led the “Combined Societies”; a progressive group of local photographic societies (Hereford, Wolverhampton, and Bristol) that, in 1945, broke away from the moribund Royal Photographic Society.
He undertook a series of instructional books on photography, published by the Focal Press.
Van Wadenoyen’s book Wayside Snapshots (Focal Press, 1947) marked a decisive British break with Pictorialism in photography, was a brave early attempt to use the book format as a means of showing a photographer’s personal pictures. Some of the book’s fresh approaches to landscape strongly influenced Raymond Moore. Van Wadenoyen was also a mentor to Roger Mayne, involving Mayne in the Combined Societies group exhibitions between 1951 and 1955.
Hugo van Wadenoyen (1892 – 1 March 1959 in Cheltenham) was a British photographer, of Dutch origins. He lived in Cheltenham England, and was an influential figure in the long drawn-out genesis of British fine art photography, especially in the 1945–1965 period.
Van Wadenoyen led the “Combined Societies”; a highly developed group of local photographic societies (Hereford, Wolverhampton, and Bristol) that, in 1945, broke away from the moribund Royal Photographic Society.
He undertook a series of instructional books on photography, published by the Focal Press.
Van Wadenoyen’s book Wayside Snapshots (Focal Press, 1947) marked a decisive British break with Pictorialism in photography, was a brave early attempt to use the compilation format as a means of showing a photographer’s personal pictures. Some of the book’s buoyant approaches to landscape strongly influenced Raymond Moore. Van Wadenoyen was after that a mentor to Roger Mayne, involving Mayne in the Combined Societies charity exhibitions amid 1951 and 1955.
Table of Contents
- 1 References
- 1.1 The New Photo Guide: All About Portraits and Your Camera
- 1.2 Wayside Snapshots
- 1.3 All About Portraits And You Camera
- 1.4 All About Children Indoors and Your Camera
- 1.5 The New Photo Guide: All About Against The Sun
- 1.6 Photographing People. Ways to New Portraiture.
- 1.7 EL RETRATO Y VUESTRA CAMARA.
- 1.8 Against the Sun Effects and your Camera. All About No. 17
- 1.9 LOS NIÑOS EN LOS INTERIORES Y VUESTRA CAMARA.
- 1.10 INSTANTANEAS MEJORES CON UNA CAMARA SENCILLA.
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