The Sutcliffe Gallery- photographs of whitby
Now incorporating the contemporary photographs of Whitby from the.... Flowergate Gallery
1 Flowergate - Whitby - YO21 3BA
Please telephone 01947 602239 for opening times.
All the sepia photographs you see on this website were taken in and around Whitby by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (Hon. F.R.P.S.) between 1875 and 1910.
His large camera was made of mahogany with brass fittings and took 'whole plate' glass negatives (6.5"x8.5").
Photography in Victorian times was not an easy craft to master and people were often content to produce an acceptable image which was sharp and well exposed - but there were a handful of photographers who wanted to lift their pictures into the heady realms of 'Art'.
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe was one of these artists!
He became World famous as one of the greatest exponents of pictorial photography, winning over 60 gold, silver and bronze medals from exhibitions in Tokyo, Vienna, France and the U.S.A. as well as Great Britain.
He was made an honorary member of The Royal Photographic Society in 1935, the highest award attainable.