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Francis Meadow Sutcliffe

(1853–1941) Photographer

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Francis Meadow Sutcliffe was a photographer.

Quick Facts About Francis Meadow Sutcliffe

Born: October 6, 1853
Died: May 31, 1941
Profession: Photographer

About Francis Meadow Sutcliffe

[Wikidata] British photographer (1853–1941)... | [Wikipedia] Francis Meadow (Frank) Sutcliffe was an English pioneering photographic artist whose work presented an enduring record of life in the seaside town of Whitby, England, and surrounding areas, in the late Victorian era and early 20th century. His documentation of the Victorian and Edwardian periods in

Quotes by Francis Meadow Sutcliffe

The person who looks at a photograph as a complete picture, unable to say anything about anything except the facts which existed…

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Doe

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[My mother] would have me smothered like the Princes in the Tower if I showed any inclination for being an artist. She…

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Art

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The photographer sees the world as a child sees the bits of glass in a kaleidoscope. If he has a camera with…

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Able

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A photograph gives us the naked truth,which has to be clothed by the imagination.

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Giving

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To some an extremely sharp picture may be positively painful, for it will perhaps disturb and break the train of thought, whereas…

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Break

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