EPS
1949
Open Exhibition
This
exhibition was held at YMCA Exhibition Hall, 4 Queen Street, during the 3rd Edinburgh
Festival,
from August until 10 September 1949.
It attracted 3,000 visitors. EPS reported:
“The
Festival Society have
given our Exhibition their Official Blessing”
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Entries were received from 26 countries
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210 prints were on show selected from more than
1000 entries.
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No awards were made, but prints considered to be of
outstanding merit were marked in the catalogue
with an “A”. The catalogue included 202 prints, 50 of which were
marked with an “A”.
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Entries included
Bromesko, Bromide, Chlorobromide, Bromoil, Bromoil Transfer and Plastika.
There was also an exhibition of historical work
illustrating the achievements of William Henry Fox-Talbot and David
Octavius Hill.
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