We exhibited together and he joined me, when I opened the very first
gallery of photography in the UK, at our Galleries in Marble Arch I
called it simply 'The Viewfinder Gallery'. He had a very dry sense
of humour, and I was so pleased when he kindly wrote the introduction for
me for my planned book 'The Magic Lantern'.
Sir George was a solicitor, but
had retired to concentrate on photography, as he had found a way to make
colourful abstracts by lighting large pieces of smashed glass, full of
fractures, that he lit from different angles using coloured celluloid.
He then had lots of different possibilities by focusing into different
depths of the glass and adjusting the angle of the lights to form his
pictures. He called them 'Vitrographs', and they were very
dramatic!
He won many awards especially for his invented equipment
to produce AV shows, well before any computers. Sir George had a
string of letters after his name (all well-earned) and he
became the President of 'The Royal Photographic Society' and the
Chairman of 'The London Salon of Photography', he also served on the
Council of 'The Royal Society of Arts'.
See the Obituary for Sir George
Meeting Trudy
Whilst in London one weekend, planning to
meet up with friends, I had driven to see Martin at his home in Ossulton
Way, Hampstead and this was when I was to meet the girl I would marry.
Trudy Cohen Fehr
John
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