Hugo van Wadenoyen
Hugo van Wadenoyen (July 18, 1892 in Vlaardingen, Netherlands – March 1, 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 between 1945 and 1965.
Also recorded as Hugo van Wadenoyen Jn
Hugo van Wadenoyen
- Born
- Hugo van Wadenoyen was born on 1 January 1892.
- Died
- Hugo van Wadenoyen died on 1 March 1959.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Occupation
- photographer.
- Languages
- English.
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Hugo van Wadenoyen (July 18, 1892 in Vlaardingen, Netherlands – March 1, 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 between 1945 and 1965.
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Van Wadenoyen moved from the Netherlands to Cardiff, Wales in 1900, where his father would start a photographic studio.
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• Instructional books on photography published by Focal Press (circa 1940s), edited by Andor Kraszna-Krausz • No. 4: All about PORTRAITS and Your Camera • No. 7: All about LAND, SEA, SKY and Your Camera • No. 9: All about DAYLIGHT INDOORS and Your Camera • No. 13: All about ONE LAMP ONLY and Your Camera • No. 14: All about THE SECOND LAMP and Your Camera • No. 17: All about AGAINST THE SUN EFFECTS and Your Camera (1941) • Photographing People: Ways to New Portraiture (London, New York: Focal Press, 1939) • with John Holtan, Making an Enlarger from Functional Plans (London: Focal Press, 1960? 2nd ed.)
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1892
Hugo van Wadenoyen was born on 1 January 1892.
1959
Hugo van Wadenoyen died on 1 March 1959.
Photography
He became a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1919 at age twenty-six and in his early years took photographs in a Pictorialist style. In 1945, Van Wadenoyen led the "Combined Societies," a progressive group of local photographic societies (Hereford, Wolverhampton, and Bristol) that 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.
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- “Hugo van Wadenoyen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Hugo van Wadenoijen (1892-1959). Genealogische Databank Vlaardingen [Genealogy Online].
- 2.Hugo van Wadenoyen. Geschiedenisvanvlaardingen.
- 3.Hugo Van Wadenoyen (1892–1959). The Wilson – Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum.
- 4.Hammans, Roy. Hugo van Wadenoyen (1892-1959). The Golden Fleece. 2012-10-30.
- 5.Van Wadenoyen, Hugo. All About Portraits and your Camera, etc. Focal Press Ltd. 1941. 504627481.
- 6.Van Wadenoyen, Hugo. All About Landscapes and Your Camera. 11th-15th thousand of "Land, Sea, Sky.". Focal Press Ltd. 1942. 504627340.
- 7.Van Wadenoyen, Hugo. All About Daylight Indoors and your Camera. 1941. 504627268.
- 8.Van Wadenoyen, Hugo. All about one lamp only and your camera. Focal Press. 1941. 22700380.
- 9.Van Wadenoyen, Hugo. All about the second lamp and your camera. Focal Press. 1941. 6354557.
- 10.Van Wadenoyen, Hugo. All about against the sun effects and your camera. Focal Press Ltd. 1941. 1186388934.
- 11.Van Wadenoyen, Hugo. Making an enlarger from functional plans. Focal Press. 1960. 156301213.
- 12.Cited in the source article.
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Hugo van Wadenoyen is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation photographer.
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